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Wonder-filled

adj.joyful, hopefulwarm

What it means

Full of delighted curiosity, amazement, or awe.

Reach for it when describing an experience permeated by curiosity, amazement, or delighted awe

The wonder-filled lesson began with tadpoles under a magnifying glass.

Choose between these

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  • playful

    magical

    ordinary reality feels transformed

    not when Magical may overstate or infantilize the event.

  • everyday

    marvelous

    enthusiastic praise is enough

    not when Marvelous is evaluative rather than experiential.

  • warm

    awe-filled

    profound amazement dominates the moment

    not when Awe can include fear and solemnity.

  • warm

    wide-eyed

    open fresh amazement is visible

    not when Wide-eyed can suggest naivety.

  • literary

    enchanted

    delight feels touched by magic

    not when Enchantment can imply being deceived or spellbound.

  • literary

    wondrous

    the subject itself inspires marvel

    not when Wondrous describes the cause, not the person's felt experience.

Said against

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  • jaded
  • dull
  • disenchanted

It naturally appears in

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  • wonder-filled day

    A wonder-filled day began with tracks in fresh snow.

  • wonder-filled expression

    His wonder-filled expression returned when the moth emerged.

  • wonder-filled journey

    The planetarium created a wonder-filled journey beyond the visible sky.

Where this comes from

Wonder-filled is not a headword in the dictionaries below. The sense was checked against their entries for wonder, and the definition and example here are written for Wonder-filled itself.

The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.