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wonderment

noun as in astonishment

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He’s known for his wistful imagination and wonderment of the world, particularly visible in his 2019 HBO special, My Favorite Shapes, in which he displays unique shapes and invents hilarious backstories for each of them.

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As a child it was fascinating to hear the farmers reflect on the profound changes wrought to that land and their little-concealed wonderment at their ancestors for coping without the accoutrements of the modern world that so many of us benefit from.

“I’m going for a feeling of wonderment, a connection across time,” she says.

His co-captain, Derrik Rose, once detailed, in wide-eyed wonderment, a single meal Joa put away.

At times he just expressed the wonderment and sense of discovery that we associate with the very young.

It was always a complete surprise and I was in a state of wonderment over these creatures.

My piece of technological wonderment is small and black and helps tell time like a watch.

There needs to be wonderment—it can even approach something like fear.

He gazed at us all in wonderment, and, overcome by mingled shame and exhaustion, I sank into a chair and popped no more.

Only an instant of blurred wonderment at her presence up there—then a frenzy possessed him.

I reined up my horse in wonderment and stared at him, and he came close to my side, so that I could see him plainly.

In truth, it was always a matter of wonderment to the boys that their veteran guide adopted the course he followed that night.

Jerome gazed at them each in turn, his show of wonderment increasing.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wonderment, such as: amazement, awe, bewilderment, curiosity, fascination, and marvel.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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