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wonder

verb [I] (SURPRISE)
 
 
/ˈwʌn.dər/ US  /-dɚ/ formal

Definition

to feel or express great surprise at something: [+ (that)] He was behaving so badly at school today, I wonder (that) he wasn't sent home. I don't wonder (that) she burst into tears after the way you spoke to her.Surprised
(Definition of wonder verb (SURPRISE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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