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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wonderful, impressive |
| Synonyms: | amazing, astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, daring, dazzling, dramatic, eye-catching, fabulous, fantastic, grand, histrionic, magnificent, marked, marvelous, miraculous, prodigious, razzle-dazzle, remarkable, sensational, splendid, staggering, striking, stunning, stupendous, theatrical, thrilling, wondrous |
| Antonyms: | normal, ordinary, regular, unspectacular, usual |
| Main Entry: | exaggerated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overstated, embellished |
| Synonyms: | a bit thick, abstract, amplified, artificial, bouncing, caricatural, distorted, embroidered, exalted, excessive, extravagant, fabricated, fabulous, false, fantastic, farfetched, hammy, highly colored, histrionic, hyperbolic, impossible, inflated, magnified, melodramatic, out of proportion, overblown, overdone, overestimated, overkill, overwrought, preposterous, pretentious, schmaltzy, sensational, spectacular, steep, strained, stylized, tall, too much*, too-too, unrealistic |
| Antonyms: | depreciated, minimized, played down, reduced, understated, unembellished, unexaggerated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eye-catching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noticeable |
| Synonyms: | attractive, beautiful, can't miss it, conspicuous, gorgeous, manifest, obvious, showy, spectacular, striking, stunning |
| Main Entry: | fabulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amazing, wonderful |
| Synonyms: | 10, A-1, A-OK, aces, astonishing, astounding, awesome, best, breathtaking, cool*, doozie, extravagant, fab, fantastic, fictitious, first-class, greatest, groovy*, immense, inconceivable, incredible, legendary, marvelous, mind-blowing*, out-of-sight, out-of-this-world, outrageous, peachy*, phenomenal, primo, prodigious, rad, remarkable, spectacular, striking, stupendous, super, superb, terrific, top drawer, tops, turn-on, unbelievable, unreal, wicked* |
| Antonyms: | common, normal, ordinary, simple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | marvelous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard to believe; amazing |
| Synonyms: | astonishing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, bewildering, breathtaking, confounding, difficult to believe, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, implausible, improbable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, miraculous, phenomenal, prodigious, remarkable, singular, spectacular, staggering, strange, striking, stunning, stupendous, supernatural, surprising, unbelievable, unimaginable, unlikely, unusual, wonderful, wondrous |
| Antonyms: | believable, expected, ordinary, plain, unamazing |
| Main Entry: | marvelous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | superb, great |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, astonishing, bad*, boss*, colossal, cool*, divine, dreamy*, enjoyable, excellent, fab, fabulous, fantastic, glorious, greatest, groovy*, hot*, keen, magnificent, neat*, out of this world, outrageous, peachy, pleasant, pleasurable, prime*, rewarding, satisfying, sensational, smashing, solid gold, solid*, spectacular, splendid, stupendous, super, supreme, swell, terrific, wonderful |
| Antonyms: | inconsiderable, insignificant, paltry, worthless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | melodramatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant in speech, behavior |
| Synonyms: | artificial, blood-and-thunder, cliff-hanging, cloak-and-dagger, exaggerated, ham, hammy, histrionic, hokey, overdramatic, overemotional, sensational, spectacular, stagy, theatrical |
| Antonyms: | calm, normal, untheatrical |
| Main Entry: | meteoric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, sudden |
| Synonyms: | dazzling, ephemeral, flashing, fleeting, momentary, overnight, rapid, spectacular, speedy, swift, transient |
| Antonyms: | slow |
| Main Entry: | mind-boggling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overwhelming |
| Synonyms: | amazing, astonishing, breathtaking, eye-opening, mind-blowing, spectacular, staggering, startling, stunning, stupendous, surprising, wonderful |
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