amazement
31much to someone's amazement — much to someone’s surprise/amazement/annoyance/etc phrase used for saying that something happens that surprises, annoys etc someone a lot Much to my surprise, they offered me a £4,000 scholarship. Thesaurus: ways of saying that you are surprised… …
32to my amazement — to my surprise, to my astonishment …
33wonder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Surprise or admiration or its cause Nouns 1. wonder, wonderment, marvel, miracle, miraculousness, astonishment, amazement, bewilderment; amazedness, admiration, awe; stupor, stupefaction; fascination;… …
34wonder — n 1 Wonder, marvel, prodigy, miracle, phenomenon can all mean something that causes astonishment or admiration. Wonder applies specifically to whatever excites surprise, astonishment, or amazement (as by its perfection, its greatness, or its… …
35Manglish — Not to be confused with Malaysian English. Manglish Spoken in Malaysia Language family English Creole Manglish Language codes …
36Michael Wilding (writer) — Gangan Verlag book launch at the Goethe Institut Sydney (1991) Michael Wilding (born 5 January 1942 in Worcester, England) is an Australian writer and academic in Sydney. Contents …
37-MENT — suffix. 1 forming nouns expressing the means or result of the action of a verb (abridgement; embankment). 2 forming nouns from adjectives (merriment; oddment). Etymology: from or after F f. L mentum * * * I. mənt sometimes ˌment noun suffix …
38amaze·ment — /əˈmeızmənt/ noun [noncount] : a feeling of being very surprised or amazed The garden s beauty filled me with amazement. [=astonishment] The crowd watched in amazement as the magician performed his tricks. I applied for the job, and, (much) to my …
39Consternation — Con ster*na tion, n. [L. consternatio, fr. consternare to overome, perplex, an accessory form of consternere to throw down, prostrate; con + sternere to spread out, throw down: cf. F. consternation. See {Stratum}.] Amazement or horror that… …
40Seven wonders of the world — Wonder Won der, n. [OE. wonder, wunder, AS. wundor; akin to D. wonder, OS. wundar, OHG. wuntar, G. wunder, Icel. undr, Sw. & Dan. under, and perhaps to Gr. ? to gaze at.] [1913 Webster] 1. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the… …
