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
  • Very quickly, Hughes and the Hughes Aircraft company, with characteristic enthusiasm, took over the entire project and left Kaiser on the sidelines more or less as an astonished spectator.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The giant wall of (working!) video monitors that Wagner and his team built ended up being a great way to pull the characters, and the camera, into the same astonished viewership as the ABC audience.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of astonished
Adjective
  • Yes, Sam Darnold looked bewildered against Detroit in the regular season finale, and that conjures all sorts of lingering doubts.
    Jordan Brenner, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore brought different weapons to this cute fight: bobcat Kilgore and otter Brie, both seeming a little bewildered by the powder that surrounded them today.
    NBC News, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of bewildered
Adjective
  • She was both awed by and in some ways unsurprised by that possibility.
    Robert Lang, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Give me pot-banging, Lady Liberty ticker-tape or scanning the Western sky, not for witches or UFOs, but together, awed by the eclipse.
    Caroline Aiken Koster, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of awed
Adjective
  • Hill said that many were surprised to learn the extent of Hill-Wolfskill’s support for everyone, from family and friends to complete strangers.
    J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Don’t be surprised if the project completion date slips into 2028 or 2029.
    Larry Penner, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of surprised
Adjective
  • For some commenters, the posts incite fervent ridicule; others are amazed and even inspired.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • How Did TikTok React? After posting the footage on TikTok, Lemos was amazed by the overwhelming reaction.
    Paul du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of amazed
Adjective
  • Coogan has worked with Iannucci on and off for 30 years, beginning as a young, awestruck actor in some of the writer’s radio plays.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Kudrow shouts at Romano, joining the gathering and drawing a more awestruck response from the group.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of awestruck
Adjective
  • Countering Online Misinformation Following her diagnosis, Dr. O'Riordan was astounded by the amount of misinformation and dangerous rhetoric online.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
  • In an interview with Rolling Stone in 1998, he was astounded by the success of his show.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of astounded
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marvelous

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