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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | surprisingly wonderful |
| Synonyms: | amazing, anomalous, astonishing, astounding, awesome, extraordinary, fabulous, freakish, heavy, incredible, inexplicable, magical, marvelous, monstrous, numinous, phenomenal, preternatural, prodigious, spectacular, staggering, strange, stupefying, stupendous, superhuman, superior, supermundane, supernatural, supranatural, thaumaturgic, the utmost, unaccountable, unbelievable, unearthly, unimaginable, unreal, wonderworking, wondrous |
| Antonyms: | normal, usual |
| Main Entry: | ostentatious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flashy, showy |
| Synonyms: | boastful, chichi*, classy, conspicuous, crass*, dashing, egotistic, exhibitionistic, extravagant, flamboyant, flatulent, flaunted, fussy, garish, gaudy, gay, glittery, grandiose, highfaluting, jaunty, loud, obtrusive, peacocky, pompous, pretentious, spectacular, splashy, splurgy, sporty, swank, swanky*, theatrical, tinsel, tony, uptown, vain, vulgar |
| Antonyms: | modest, plain, quiet, reserved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prodigious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extraordinary, fabulous |
| Synonyms: | abnormal, amazing, astonishing, astounding, bad, exceptional, fab, fantastic, heavy, impressive, marvelous, miraculous, out-of-this-world, phenomenal, preternatural, remarkable, spectacular, staggering, startling, state-of-the-art*, striking, stupendous, surprising, unreal, unusual, utmost, wonderful |
| Antonyms: | common, insignificant, ordinary, unremarkable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scenic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, picturesque |
| Synonyms: | breathtaking, dramatic, grand, impressive, panoramic, spectacular, striking |
| Antonyms: | despicable, dreary, gloomy, ugly |
| Main Entry: | sensational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | startling, exaggerated |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, amazing, arresting, astounding, breathtaking, coarse, colored, conspicuous, dramatic, electrifying, emotional, excessive, exciting, extravagant, hair-raising, horrifying, juicy*, livid, lurid, marked, melodramatic, noticeable, outstanding, piquant, pointed, prominent, pungent, remarkable, revealing, rough, salient, scandalous, sensationalistic, shocking, signal, spectacular, staggering, stimulating, sultry, tabloid, thrilling, vulgar |
| Antonyms: | ordinary, run-of-the-mill, unexceptional, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sensational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excellent, superb |
| Synonyms: | agitating, astonishing, breathtaking, cool*, dandy*, divine, dramatic, eloquent, exceptional, exciting, fabulous, first-class*, glorious, impressive, incredible, keen, marvelous, mind-blowing, most*, moving, out of this world, smashing, spectacular, stirring, surprising, thrilling, zero cool |
| Antonyms: | bad, inferior, poor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stunning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, marvelous |
| Synonyms: | beauteous, bonny, brilliant, comely, dazzling, devastating, excellent, fair, famous, fine, first-class*, first-rate, gorgeous, great, handsome, heavenly, impressive, lovely, number one, out of this world, pretty, ravishing, remarkable, royal, sensational, smashing, spectacular, striking, superior, top, wonderful |
| Antonyms: | homely, ugly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stupendous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wonderful, amazing |
| Synonyms: | astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, colossal, dynamite, enormous, fab, fabulous, fantastic, fat*, gigantic, great, huge, marvelous, mind-blowing*, mind-boggling, miraculous, monster, monumental, overwhelming, phenomenal, prodigious, radical*, smashing, spectacular, staggering, stunning, super, superb, surprising, terrific, titantic, too much*, tremendous, unreal*, utmost*, vast, wondrous |
| Antonyms: | terrible, unimportant, unimpressive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | splashy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | showy |
| Synonyms: | flashy, gaudy, loud, opulent, ornate, ostentatious, sensational, snazzy, spectacular |
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