Miraculous

//mɪˈɹæk.jʊ.ləs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events.
  2. 2
    Very surprising; amazing.

    "If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked his way through midfield before releasing Defoe for a finish that should have been dealt with more convincingly by Namasco at his near post."

Adjective
  1. 1
    peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention wordnet
  2. 2
    being or having the character of a miracle wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
supernaturalamazingastonishingastoundingbeguilingbewildering

Example

More examples

"This, the first of the miraculous signs, Jesus performed in Cana in Galilee."

Etymology

From Middle French miraculeux. Displaced native Old English wundorlīċ.

Related phrases

miraculous berrymiraculous fruit

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