different between incredible vs wonderous

English

Borrowed from Latin incr?dibilis (“that cannot be believed”), from in- (“not”) + cr?dibilis (“worthy of belief”), from cr?d? (“believe”).

(US) enPR: ?ngkr?'d?b?l, IPA^(key): /???k??d?b?l/, [????k??????b??], [????k??????b??]
(UK) IPA^(key): /???k??d?b?l/
Rhymes: -?d?b?l

incredible (comparative more incredible, superlative most incredible)

(literally) Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief; unbelievable. [from 15th c.]
- 1980 September 16, Senator John Glenn, quoted in William A. Schwartz et al., The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn’t Matter—And What Does, University of California Press (1990, 1993), ?ISBN, page 29:
  I get lost in what is credible and not credible. This whole thing gets so incredible when you consider wiping out whole nations, it is difficult to establish credibility.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 796:
  He therefore found revealed religion incredible in a literal sense, and, as Bayle had done before him, he radically separated morality from the practice of organized religion.
(figuratively) Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.
(figuratively) Marvellous; profoundly affecting; wonderful.

wonder +? -ous

wonderous (comparative more wonderous, superlative most wonderous)

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