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ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

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have enough of, have quite enough of, have one's fill, have too much of; be satiated<br />

&c adj..<br />

Adj. satiated &c v.; overgorged † ; blase, used up, sick of, heartsick.<br />

Int. enough!, hold!, eheu jam satis! [Lat.], basta! † ,<br />

4. CONTEMPLATIVE AFFECTIONS<br />

870. Wonder -- N. wonder, marvel; astonishment, amazement, wonderment,<br />

bewilderment; amazedness &c adj. † ; admiration, awe; stupor, stupefaction; stound † ,<br />

fascination; sensation; surprise &c (inexpectation) 508 [Obs.].<br />

note of admiration; thaumaturgy &c (sorcery) 992 [Obs.].<br />

V. wonder, marvel, admire; be surprised &c adj.; start; stare; open one's eyes, rub one's<br />

eyes, turn up one's eyes; gloar † ; gape, open one's mouth, hold one's breath; look aghast,<br />

stand aghast, stand agog; look blank &c (disappointment) 509; tombe des nues [Fr.]; not<br />

believe one's eyes, not believe one's ears, not believe one's senses.<br />

not be able to account for &c (unintelligible) 519; not know whether one stands on<br />

one's head or one's heels.<br />

surprise, astonish, amaze, astound; dumfound, dumfounder; startle, dazzle; daze;<br />

strike, strike with wonder, strike with awe; electrify; stun, stupefy, petrify, confound,<br />

bewilder, flabbergast, stagger, throw on one's beam ends, fascinate, turn the head, take<br />

away one's breath, strike dumb; make one's hair stand on end, make one's tongue cleave<br />

to the roof of one's mouth; make one stare.<br />

take by surprise &c (be unexpected) 508.<br />

be wonderful &c adj.; beggar description, beggar the imagination, baffle description;<br />

stagger belief.<br />

Adj. surprised &c v.; aghast, all agog, breathless, agape; open-mouthed; awestruck,<br />

thunderstruck, moonstruck, planet-struck; spellbound; lost in amazement, lost in wonder,<br />

lost in astonishment; struck all of a heap, unable to believe one's senses, like a duck ion<br />

thunder.<br />

wonderful, wondrous; surprising &c v.; unexpected &c 508; unheard of; mysterious<br />

&c (inexplicable) 519; miraculous.<br />

indescribable, inexpressible, inaffable † ; unutterable, unspeakable.<br />

monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, marvelous; inconceivable, incredible;<br />

inimaginable † , unimaginable; strange &c (uncommon) 83; passing strange.<br />

striking &c v.; overwhelming; wonder-working.<br />

Adv. wonderfully, &c adj.; fearfully; for a wonder, in the name of wonder; strange to<br />

say; mirabile dictu [Lat.], mirabile visu [Lat.]; to one's great surprise.<br />

with wonder &c n., with gaping mouth; with open eyes, with upturned eyes.<br />

Int. lo, lo and behold!, O!, heyday!, halloo!, what!, indeed!, really!, surely!, humph!,<br />

hem!, good lack, good heavens, good gracious!, Ye gods!, good Lord!, good grief!, Holy<br />

cow!, My word!, Holy shit! [Vulg.], gad so!, welladay! † , dear me!, only think!,<br />

lackadaisy! † , my stars, my goodness!, gracious goodness!, goodness gracious!, mercy on<br />

us!, heavens and earth!, God bless me!, bless us, bless my heart!, odzookens! † , O<br />

gemini!, adzooks! † , hoity-toity!, strong!, Heaven save the mark, bless the mark!, can such<br />

things be!, zounds!, 'sdeath! [Contr.], what on earth, what in the world!, who would have<br />

thought it!, &c (inexpectation) 508 [Obs.]; you don't say so!, You're kidding!.

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