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Antonyms for phenomenal

Grammar : Adj
Spell : fi-nom-uh-nl
Phonetic Transcription : fɪˈnɒm ə nl

Definition of phenomenal

Origin :
  • 1803, "of the nature of a phenomenon," a hybrid from phenomenon + -al (1). Meaning "remarkable, exceptional" is from 1850.
  • [Phenomenal] is a metaphysical term with a use of its own. To divert it from this proper use to a job for which it is not needed, by making it do duty for remarkable, extraordinary, or prodigious, is a sin against the English language. [Fowler]
  • Related: Phenomenally.
  • adj astounding, exceptional
Example sentences :
  • The phenomenal increase is partly explained by the success of his poems.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • It is a poor rule, they may say, that has no exceptions in phenomenal manifestation.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • "I'm the 'Phenomenal Trapezist,'" announced the lad, solemnly.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 » by Various
  • Nor have they ever been answered, nor can they be answered by any one else who separates the phenomenal from the real.
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • The number of horses he kept, and the miles he covered with them, were phenomenal in my mind.
  • Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
  • The growth of the parish since that time has been phenomenal.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various
  • Their divorces are phenomenal, and they are obtained on the slightest cause.
  • Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous
  • There was nothing of phenomenal character, nothing of the genius, revealed in what he did.
  • Extract from : « Opportunities in Engineering » by Charles M. Horton
  • The 'real' is separated from the phenomenal, and truth divorced from fact.
  • Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen
  • All science is only of the phenomenal, the conditioned, the relative.
  • Extract from : « Christianity and Greek Philosophy » by Benjamin Franklin Cocker

Synonyms for phenomenal

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