wonderment

noun

won·​der·​ment ˈwən-dər-mənt How to pronounce wonderment (audio)
1
: a cause of or occasion for wonder
2
3
: curiosity about something

Examples of wonderment in a Sentence

He felt a sense of wonderment. gazed in wonderment at the holiday decorations
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Jon, meanwhile, holes up in his squalid quarters surrounded by takeout containers and dirty clothes while hooked onto a cheap-looking VR game that hardly inspires the wonderment in us it’s supposed to in him. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025 Compared to the Spider-Verse movies, there’s no wonderment at the visual ingenuity, and compared to X-Men ’97, there’s no ambitious subtext to be elevated to the surface. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025 Trump and Iran:anger, weariness, wonderment as Trump exits U.S. from nuclear deal A Trump plot by Iran? Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025 The performances are superlative, and, despite the grimness of the setting, the film is awash with the wonderment of childhood. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for wonderment

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of wonderment was in the 15th century

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“Wonderment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wonderment. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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wonderment

noun
won·​der·​ment ˈwən-dər-mənt How to pronounce wonderment (audio)
1
2
: curiosity about something

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