MARVELOUS


Meaning of MARVELOUS in English

mar ‧ vel ‧ lous S2 BrE AmE British English , marvelous American English /ˈmɑːv ə ləs $ ˈmɑːr-/ adjective

extremely good, enjoyable, impressive etc SYN wonderful :

‘How was your holiday?’ ‘Marvellous!’

We had a marvellous time.

I can’t stand him, but my wife thinks he’s marvellous.

It’s marvellous what they can do these days.

—marvellously adverb

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THESAURUS

▪ fantastic/terrific spoken extremely good, in a way that makes you feel excited and happy – used mainly in spoken English:

The view from the top was fantastic.

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He did a fantastic job.

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That’s a terrific idea!

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‘I passed!’ ‘That’s terrific!’

▪ great spoken extremely good – used mainly in spoken English:

Thanks for a great afternoon.

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‘Did you have a good holiday?' ’It was great!'

▪ excellent extremely good – used especially about the quality of something. Excellent is more formal than fantastic/terrific or great , and is used in both spoken and written English:

Our local theatre has put on some excellent productions.

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It is an excellent film.

▪ wonderful extremely good in a way that impresses you or makes you very pleased:

She is really a wonderful person.

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That’s wonderful news!

▪ marvellous British English , marvelous American English extremely good in a way that impresses you or makes you very pleased. Marvellous sounds a little old-fashioned, but is still fairly common:

We had a marvellous dinner at a little restaurant near the hotel.

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Martino’s performance was marvelous.

▪ amazing extremely good in a surprising and exciting way:

Standing there on top of Mount Fuji was an amazing experience.

▪ incredible extremely good in a surprising and exciting way. Incredible is often used when something is so good that it almost seems unlikely:

What a goal! That was incredible!

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It was an incredible moment - one that I will never forget.

▪ brilliant British English informal extremely good:

‘How was your trip?’ ‘Absolutely brilliant!’

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What a brilliant idea!

▪ be out of this world used when saying that something is so good that you cannot imagine anything better:

Their desserts are out of this world.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.