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Astonishment vs Fabulous - What's the difference?

astonishment | fabulous |

As a noun astonishment

is amazement, great surprise.

As an adjective fabulous is

of or relating to fable, myth or legend.

astonishment

English

Noun

  • amazement, great surprise
  • An amazing thing or phenomenon.
  • * 1964:
  • Everything he had seen so far--the great chocolate river, the waterfall, the huge sucking pipes, the candy meadows, the Oompa-Loompas, the beautiful pink boat, and most of all, Mr. Willy Wonka himself--had been so astonishing that he began to wonder whether there could possibly be anymore astonishments left.

    fabulous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of or relating to fable, myth or legend.
  • characteristic of fables; marvelous, extraordinary, incredible, unbelievable, absurd, extreme, or exaggerated.
  • fictional or not believable; made up.
  • known for telling fables or falsehoods; unreliable.
  • very good; outstanding, wonderful.
  • Usage notes

    * In the sense of wonderful , the word may become associated with gay men. This may be the direct result of its former usage among valley girls.

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * fab * fabulously * fabulousness