amazing
Americanadjective
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Origin of amazing
Explanation
Use the adjective amazing to describe something that is so good, it surprises you, like the amazing beauty of the Rocky Mountains or the amazing feats of a truly great athlete. Amazing, like incredible, awesome, and fabulous, is used so often to describe things that are just really good, you sometimes forget that its real meaning is reserved for things that are especially remarkable. The base word in amazing is amaze, which means "to astound or perplex." So amazing should be reserved for things that do just that.
Vocabulary lists containing amazing
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Example Sentences
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Amazing, but they don’t write papers for us.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
He had stints on titles such as “Daredevil,” “Iron Man,” “The Fantastic Four,” “Thor,” “Defenders” and “Avengers,” but some of his most prominent work was on “The Amazing Spider-Man.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Liam "Gatsby" Blackwell, once of Towie, wrote "miss you already brother," while Ex on the Beach's Brandon Myers said: "Lost for words bro. Amazing memories with you mate."
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Amazing team-mates, great coaches, the backroom staff and friends.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
Amazing, DeShon, crouching, balancing his right foot on his knee, slips his boot on just fine.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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