marveling

adjective

variants or marvelling
Definition of marvelingnext
as in astonished
filled with amazement or wonder with marveling stares, onlookers gathered round the remarkable invention

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marveling
  1. astonished
  2. bewildered
  3. awed
  4. surprised
  5. amazed
  6. awestruck
  7. astounded
Adjective
  • The four words were first spoken here on a bright spring afternoon at Camelback Ranch, my astonished syllables joining similar tones of amazement floating from every corner of a crowded press box.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Immediately, the astonished news anchor attempted to hide the gesture behind a stack of papers.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of astonished
Adjective
  • In May, police officers in the town of Lufkin, Texas responded to a bewildered call about a pair of kangaroos that were on the loose.
    Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Countless volunteers are the proud owners of pink foam fingers, acting as traffic conductors for bewildered spectators.
    Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2024
Definition of bewildered
Adjective
  • If anything, Annie seemed almost awed by the complexities of a loving 5-year-old’s mind.
    Julia Whelan Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
  • In the early 1960s, when Wolf’s coding efforts could involve stacks of punch cards a foot and a half high, she was awed by the range of ideas her Panoramic colleagues threw at the wall.
    Shaun Raviv, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2020
Definition of awed
Adjective
  • An airline passenger was surprised to find that there was no screen in front of him during his short domestic flight and posted about the incident on Reddit.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Don’t be surprised if one of America’s most iconic franchises ends up at least partially under foreign control by the end of what’s looking to be a lengthy process.
    Hunter Felt, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of surprised
Adjective
  • Wet it with water, run it over your face, and be amazed at how your mascara, smoky eyeshadow, and eyebrows disappear in one fell swoop.
    Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
  • TikTok users were left baffled and amazed by a clip showing a cat seamlessly opening a door for a dog.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of amazed
Adjective
  • Rams save their season with awestruck win against 49ers Sept. 23, 2024 Brees led the New Orleans Saints to a Super Bowl title to cap the 2009 season.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Some of them were milling around on Tuesday morning, in the Pfister Hotel—otherwise known as the holy of holies, for this was where Trump was staying, if the awestruck rumors were correct.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
Definition of awestruck
Adjective
  • Kirkpatrick was astounded that Hussey and Whiting had never consented to the shoot and weren’t even informed of what would appear in the final version of the film.
    Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Tell him what happened then only to go Snoop’s astounded broadcast partner, the ur-straight-man Mike Tirico, could only laugh.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024
Definition of astounded
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marvel

marveling

marvelous

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