Definitions for wondering

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wondering won·der·ing

Spelling: [wuhn-der-ing]

IPA: /ˈwʌn dər ɪŋ/

Wondering is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 359 anagrams from letters in wondering (deginnorw).

Definitions for wondering

noun

1. something strange and surprising; a cause of surprise, astonishment, or admiration:
2. the emotion excited by what is strange and surprising; a feeling of surprised or puzzled interest, sometimes tinged with admiration:
3. miraculous deed or event; remarkable phenomenon.

Idioms

1. for a wonder, as the reverse of what might be expected; surprisingly:

adjective

1. expressing admiration or amazement; marveling.

verb (used with object)

1. to speculate curiously or be curious about; be curious to know:
2. to feel wonder at:

verb (used without object)

1. to think or speculate curiously:
2. to be filled with admiration, amazement, or awe; marvel (often followed by at):
3. to doubt:

Origin of wondering

First recorded in 1585-95; wonder + -ing²

Examples for wondering

I have been thinking about that day, wondering what I could do to help you.

Whether it is openly stated or not, I think everyone is wondering if they could find “the one.”

There was a wistfulness about Tillie's mouth that set him wondering.

He said Jay was anxious and wondering why it was taking so long for the police to arrive.

You may be wondering what work of monumental consequence is contained within these gilded pages.

At first you kept on wondering what the joke was, till you saw it was only a habit Sarah had.

In the back of my mind I was wondering how much time we had before there might be an ominous knock at the door.

Between the "wondering" and the noun there had been an observable pause.

The everyday stress, wondering if the other shoe was going to drop and I was going to be outed, is what led to me outing myself.

"I guess you've been wondering why you haven't heard from me," he said.