Marvel and Shock

Marvel

Marvel noun - Something extraordinary or surprising.

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Shock and marvel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shock" instead a noun "Marvel".

Nearby Words: marveling, marveled, marvelled

Shock noun - A forceful coming together of two things.

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Marvel and shock are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Marvel" instead a noun "Shock".

Nearby Words: shocking, shocked, shockingly, shocker

physical	physical marvel	physical shock
complete	complete marvel	complete shock
original	original marvel	original shock
real	real marvel	real shock
Other adjectives: massive, great, little, early, major, mental, less, shared, bigger, biggest.

Marvel Comics later tried to reverse course on this, saying that it, indeed, was the fall that killed her; that the shock caused her to have a heart attack and die.

Source: Not the Fall That Kills You
Marvel 2099 tends to use "shock" as its all-purpose swear word.

Source: Future Slang
Yet another example from the Marvel Universe are the Cardinals, who serve as the elite shock troops/assassins for the Universal Church of Truth.

Source: Clap Your Hands If You Believe

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Shock or Marvel. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/marvel/shock.

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