Word Meanings - PHENOMENON - Book Publishers vocabulary database
faino`menon, fr. fai`nesqai to appear, fai`nein to show. See 1. An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena
Additional info about word: PHENOMENON
faino`menon, fr. fai`nesqai to appear, fai`nein to show. See 1. An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena of imagination or memory. In the phenomena of the material world, and in many of the phenomena of mind. Stewart. 2. That which strikes one as strange, unusual, or unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence; as, a musical phenomenon.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PHENOMENON)
- Curiosity
- Inquisitiveness
- interest
- wonder
- marvel
- interrogativeness
- rarity
- phenomenon
- celebrity
- oddity
- lion
- Marvel
- Wonder
- prodigy
- admiration
- portent
- miracle
- astonishment
- amazement
- Amazement
- surprise
- sign
Related words: (words related to PHENOMENON)
- WONDERSTRUCK
Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise. Dryden. - WONDER
OS. wundar, OHG. wuntar, G. wunder, Icel. undr, Sw. & Dan. under, and perhaps to Gr. 1. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not - WONDERFUL
Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing. Syn. -- Marvelous; amazing. See Marvelous. -- Won"der*ful*ly, adv. -- Won"der*ful*ness, n. - INTERESTED
1. Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener. 2. Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness. - MARVELOUS
1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful. This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. Ps. cxiii. 23. 2. Partaking of the character of miracle, or superna The marvelous fable includes whatever is supernatural, and especially - SURPRISE
1. The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise. 2. The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion - INTERESTINGNESS
The condition or quality of being interesting. A. Smith. - WONDERLAND
A land full of wonders, or marvels. M. Arnold. - WONDERWORK
A wonderful work or act; a prodigy; a miracle. Such as in strange land He found in wonderworks of God and Nature's hand. Byron. - WONDERLY
Wonderfully; wondrously. Chaucer. - WONDERINGLY
In a wondering manner. - MIRACLE
1. A wonder or wonderful thing. That miracle and queen of genus. Shak. 2. Specifically: An event or effect contrary to the established constitution and course of things, or a deviation from the known laws of nature; a supernatural event, or one - CELEBRITY
1. Celebration; solemnization. The celebrity of the marriage. Bacon. 2. The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington. An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy. Whewell. 3. A person of - ODDITY
1. The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like. That infinitude of oddities in him. Sterne. 2. That which is odd; as, a collection of oddities. - WONDERMENT
Surprise; astonishment; a wonderful appearance; a wonder. Bacon. All the common sights they view, Their wonderment engage. Sir W. Scott. - WONDER-WORKER
One who performs wonders, or miracles. - INTEREST
1. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work. To love our native country . . . to be interested in - ADMIRATION
1. Wonder; astonishment. Season your admiration for a while. Shak. 2. Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, - WONDEROUS
See WONDROUS - SURPRISEMENT
Surprisal. Daniel. - DISINTERESTING
Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton. - UNINTERESTED
1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business. 2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration. - INCURIOSITY
Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference. Sir H. Wotton. - MARVEL
wonderful things, pl., fr. mirabilis wonderful, fr. mirari to wonder 1. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle. I will do marvels such as have not been done. Ex. xxxiv. 10. Nature's sweet marvel undefiled. Emerson. 2. Wonder. "Use lessens - SELF-INTERESTED
Particularly concerned for one's own interest or happiness. - DISINTEREST
Disinterested. The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Jer. Taylor. - FERRANTI PHENOMENON
An increase in the ratio of transformation of an alternating current converter, accompanied by other changes in electrical conditions, occurring when the secondary of the converter is connected with a condenser of moderate capacity; -- so called - BY-INTEREST
Self-interest; private advantage. Atterbury.