Meanings
comparative more miraculous · superlative most miraculous
- By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events.
- Very surprising; amazing.
1 more example
If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked his way through midfield before releasing Defoe for a finish that should have been dealt with more convincingly by Namasco at his near post.
2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivebeing or having the character of a miracle
adjectivepeculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchmiraculeux
- Englishmiraculous
From Middle French miraculeux. Displaced native Old English wundorlīċ.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek θαυμαστός
- θαυμαστός (thaumastós)by supernatural or uncommon causes
Arabic خَارِق, مُعْجِز
- خَارِق (ḵāriq)by supernatural or uncommon causes
- مُعْجِز (muʕjiz)by supernatural or uncommon causes
Bengali অলৌকিক
- অলৌকিক (olōukik)by supernatural or uncommon causes
Bulgarian чудотворен
- чудотворен (čudotvoren)by supernatural or uncommon causes
Catalan miraculós
- miraculósby supernatural or uncommon causes
Chinese Mandarin 奇妙的, 神奇的
- 奇妙的by supernatural or uncommon causes
- 神奇的by supernatural or uncommon causes
Czech zázračný
- zázračnýby supernatural or uncommon causes
Dutch miraculeus, verwonderlijk
- miraculeusby supernatural or uncommon causes
- verwonderlijkby supernatural or uncommon causes
- wonderbaarlijkby supernatural or uncommon causes
Estonian imeline
- imelineby supernatural or uncommon causes
Finnish ihmeellinen, ihmeenomainen
- ihmeellinenby supernatural or uncommon causes
- ihmeenomainenby supernatural or uncommon causes
- käsittämätönby supernatural or uncommon causes
French miraculeux
- miraculeuxby supernatural or uncommon causes
German wundertätig, mirakulös
- wundertätigby supernatural or uncommon causes
- mirakulösby supernatural or uncommon causes
- Wunder-by supernatural or uncommon causes
Greek θαυματουργικός
- θαυματουργικός (thavmatourgikós)by supernatural or uncommon causes
Irish míorúilteach
- míorúilteachby supernatural or uncommon causes
Italian miracoloso
- miracolosoby supernatural or uncommon causes
Lithuanian stebuklingas
- stebuklingasby supernatural or uncommon causes
Norwegian Bokmål mirakuløs
- mirakuløsby supernatural or uncommon causes
Persian معجزهآسا
- معجزهآسا (mo'jeze-asa)by supernatural or uncommon causes
Portuguese milagroso
- milagrosoby supernatural or uncommon causes
Romanian miraculos
- miraculosby supernatural or uncommon causes
Russian чудотво́рный, чудоде́йственный
- чудотво́рный (čudotvórnyj)by supernatural or uncommon causes
- чудоде́йственный (čudodéjstvennyj)by supernatural or uncommon causes
Scottish Gaelic mìorbhaileach
- mìorbhaileachby supernatural or uncommon causes
Spanish milagroso
- milagrosoby supernatural or uncommon causes
Swedish underbar, mirakulös
- underbarby supernatural or uncommon causes
- mirakulösby supernatural or uncommon causes
- undergörandeby supernatural or uncommon causes
Welsh gwyrth
- gwyrthby supernatural or uncommon causes
Cite this entry
miraculous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miraculous
“miraculous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miraculous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miraculous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miraculous.
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