Wonderment — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈʌndɚmənt/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈʌndəmənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈʌndəmənt/

3 syllables Say it as /wˈʌndɚmənt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

admiration wonder

Word Forms

wonder

verb

be amazed at

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Verwunderung

das Gefühl, das durch etwas Seltsames und Überraschendes hervorgerufen wird

🇫🇷French

émerveillement

le sentiment suscité par quelque chose d'étrange et de surprenant

🇪🇸Spanish

admiración

el sentimiento suscitado por algo extraño y sorprendente

🇮🇹Italian

meraviglia

la sensazione suscitata da qualcosa di strano e sorprendente

🇳🇱Dutch

verwondering

het gevoel dat wordt opgeroepen door iets vreemds en verrassends

🇵🇹Portuguese

maravilha

o sentimento despertado por algo estranho e surpreendente

🇷🇺Russian

изумление

чувство, вызванное чем-то странным и удивительным

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हैरत

किसी अजीब और आश्चर्यजनक चीज़ से उत्पन्न भावना

🇧🇩Bengali

বিস্ময়

অদ্ভুত এবং আশ্চর্যজনক কিছু দ্বারা উদ্দীপিত অনুভূতি

🇮🇳Tamil

ஆச்சரியம்

விசித்திரமான மற்றும் ஆச்சரியமான ஒன்றால் தூண்டப்பட்ட உணர்வு

🇮🇳Telugu

ఆశ్చర్యం

ఏదో ఒక వింత మరియు ఆశ్చర్యం కలిగించే భావన

🇮🇳Marathi

आश्चर्य

काहीतरी विचित्र आणि आश्चर्यकारक द्वारे उत्तेजित भावना

🇮🇳Gujarati

આશ્ચર્ય

કંઈક વિચિત્ર અને આશ્ચર્યજનક દ્વારા ઉત્તેજિત લાગણી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯ

ವಿಚಿತ್ರವಾದ ಮತ್ತು ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯಕರವಾದ ಯಾವುದೋ ಭಾವನೆಯಿಂದ ಉದ್ರೇಕಗೊಂಡಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അത്ഭുതം

വിചിത്രവും ആശ്ചര്യകരവുമായ എന്തോ ഒന്ന് ഉണർത്തുന്ന വികാരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹੈਰਾਨੀ

ਅਜੀਬ ਅਤੇ ਹੈਰਾਨੀਜਨਕ ਚੀਜ਼ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਪੈਦਾ ਹੋਈ ਭਾਵਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

حیرت

عجیب اور حیرت انگیز چیز سے پیدا ہونے والا احساس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

惊奇

由一些奇怪和令人惊讶的事情引起的感觉

🇯🇵Japanese

不思議

奇妙で驚くべき何かによって引き起こされる感情

🇰🇷Korean

경탄

이상하고 놀라운 일로 인해 느끼는 감정

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự ngạc nhiên

cảm giác được khơi dậy bởi điều gì đó kỳ lạ và đáng ngạc nhiên

🇹🇭Thai

ความสงสัย

ความรู้สึกถูกกระตุ้นด้วยบางสิ่งที่แปลกและน่าประหลาดใจ

🇮🇩Indonesian

keheranan

perasaan yang ditimbulkan oleh sesuatu yang aneh dan mengejutkan

🇵🇭Filipino

pagtataka

ang pakiramdam na napukaw ng isang bagay na kakaiba at nakakagulat

🇲🇾Malay

tertanya-tanya

perasaan yang dibangkitkan oleh sesuatu yang aneh dan mengejutkan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عجب

الشعور الذي يثيره شيء غريب ومدهش

🇮🇷Persian

شگفتی

احساسی که چیزی عجیب و غافلگیرکننده برانگیخته است

🇹🇷Turkish

hayret

garip ve şaşırtıcı bir şeyin uyandırdığı duygu

🇮🇱Hebrew

פְּלִיאָה

התחושה שמעוררת משהו מוזר ומפתיע

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