Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to marvel
Participle: marveled; marvelled
Gerund: marveling; marvelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | marvel |
| you | marvel |
| he;she;it | marvels |
| we | marvel |
| you | marvel |
| they | marvel |
Perfect
| I | have marveled; marvelled |
| you | have marveled; marvelled |
| he;she;it | has marveled; marvelled |
| we | have marveled; marvelled |
| you | have marveled; marvelled |
| they | have marveled; marvelled |
Past
| I | marveled; marvelled |
| you | marveled; marvelled |
| he;she;it | marveled; marvelled |
| we | marveled; marvelled |
| you | marveled; marvelled |
| they | marveled; marvelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had marveled; marvelled |
| you | had marveled; marvelled |
| he;she;it | had marveled; marvelled |
| we | had marveled; marvelled |
| you | had marveled; marvelled |
| they | had marveled; marvelled |
Future
| I | will marvel |
| you | will marvel |
| he;she;it | will marvel |
| we | will marvel |
| you | will marvel |
| they | will marvel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have marveled; marvelled |
| you | will have marveled; marvelled |
| he;she;it | will have marveled; marvelled |
| we | will have marveled; marvelled |
| you | will have marveled; marvelled |
| they | will have marveled; marvelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | marvel |
| you | marvel |
| he;she;it | marvel |
| we | marvel |
| you | marvel |
| they | marvel |
Perfect
| I | have marveled; marvelled |
| you | have marveled; marvelled |
| he;she;it | have marveled; marvelled |
| we | have marveled; marvelled |
| you | have marveled; marvelled |
| they | have marveled; marvelled |
Imperfect
| I | marveled; marvelled |
| you | marveled; marvelled |
| he;she;it | marveled; marvelled |
| we | marveled; marvelled |
| you | marveled; marvelled |
| they | marveled; marvelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had marveled; marvelled |
| you | had marveled; marvelled |
| he;she;it | had marveled; marvelled |
| we | had marveled; marvelled |
| you | had marveled; marvelled |
| they | had marveled; marvelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would marvel |
| you | would marvel |
| he;she;it | would marvel |
| we | would marvel |
| you | would marvel |
| they | would marvel |
Perfect
| I | would have marveled; marvelled |
| you | would have marveled; marvelled |
| he;she;it | would have marveled; marvelled |
| we | would have marveled; marvelled |
| you | would have marveled; marvelled |
| they | would have marveled; marvelled |
Imperative
| you | marvel |
| we | Let's marvel |
| you | marvel |
Verbs conjugated like 'marvel'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'marvel'
marcel,
martel,
marver,
avel,
barrel,
cartel,
carve,
fardel,
gavel,
marke,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, "miracle," also "wonderful story or legend," from O.Fr. merveille "a wonder," from V.L. *miribilia, alt. from L. mirabilia "wonderful things," from neut. pl. of mirabilis "strange or wonderful," from mirari "to wonder at," from mirus "wonderful" (see smile). A neut. pl. treated in V.L. as a fem. sing. The verb is attested from c.1300. Marvelous (c.1300) is O.Fr. merveillos, from merveille. Weakened sense of "splendid, very nice" is from 1924.
2. First attested from 1300, from Middle English merveile, from Old French merveille (“a wonder”), from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, from Latin mīrābilia (“wonderful things”), from neuter plural of mīrābilis (“strange, wonderful”), from mīror (“to wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”). Doublet of mirabilia.
Sample Sentences
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Marueile not, my brethren, if the world hate you. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 John 3:13, column 1:]
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Men marvel at the works of man / And with unstinted praises sing / The greatness of some worldly thing / Encompassed during one life's span; [1923, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Men marvel at the works of man”, in The Complete Poems of Robert Louis Stevenson, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 466:]
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The ads show tourists hiking with a selfie stick, (“Very nice!”), drinking fermented horse milk (“Mm, that’s actually very nice!”), marvelling at the architecture (“Wow, very nice!”) and posing for a photograph with Kazakhs in traditional dress (“That’s very nice!”). [2020 October 27, Helen Sullivan, “'Very nice!': Kazakhstan adopts Borat's catchphrase in new tourism campaign”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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If Cleopatra or Elizabeth I were to time-travel to the present day, they would marvel at a world we take for granted, with its vaccines and antibiotics, and a flushing toilet and fridge in every home. [2021 June 25, Richard Fisher, “Generational amnesia: The memory loss that harms the planet”, in BBC News:]
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I maruell that her Grace did leaue it out. [c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 184:]
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I maruell why I answer'd not againe, [c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v], page 200:]
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15th century, Anonymous, Richard the Redeless
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But much now me marvelleth.