Expressions Of Wonder

noun A feeling of great surprise or wonder

• The audience watched in amazement as the magician performed his tricks.
• I stared in amazement at the beautiful sunset.
• I was totally amazed by her new hairstyle.
• Her intelligence never ceases to amaze me.

adjective having a gaze or expression that suggests being lost in thought or admiration

• The young couple gazed at the starry eyed sky during their romantic evening.
• She was completely starry eyed when she met her favorite celebrity in person.
• I can't believe how starry eyed he gets whenever he talks about his crush.
• The new employee was starry eyed with excitement on his first day at work.

adjective describing someone with eyes open wide in amazement or surprise

• The wide-eyed child looked around in wonder at the museum exhibits.
• She was wide-eyed with excitement when she saw the surprise party.
• I was wide-eyed when I saw the price tag on that new car.
• The team was wide-eyed with anticipation before the championship game.

noun a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things

adjective describing a noun or pronoun, expressing a quality or attribute

adverb a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb

conjunction a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause

article a word that is used with a noun to specify grammatical definiteness of the noun

• As the research continued, the results became curiouser and curiouser.
• I kept digging into the mystery and things just got curiouser and curiouser.
• I swear, this whole situation is getting weirder and curiouser by the minute.
• The more she delved into the story, the more it twisted and turned, getting curiouser and curiouser.