amazed

[uh-meyzd]

adjective

1. greatly surprised; astounded; suddenly filled with wonder.

   The magician made the dove disappear before our amazed eyes.

Other Word Forms

• amazedly adverb
• amazedness noun
• unamazed adjective
• unamazedly adverb
• unamazedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of amazed¹

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English; amaze + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The messenger whose fault it all was bowed low, amazed—how quickly one’s life could change!

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All were amazed at this demonstration, and at the sight of the baby dodos, too, for everyone knew that dodos were long extinct.

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“A bit, yes. She’s usually busy prognosticating all over the neighborhood. You’d be amazed what people will pay for a glimpse of the Great Unknown.”

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I was sitting at my desk when one of the engineers picked up the phone and was amazed to receive that call.

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It has played at Sundance and Berlin and all over the film festival world, at least in part because everyone’s so amazed it actually got finished.

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Related Words

• astonished 
• bewildered 
• confused 
• dismayed 
• floored 
• overwhelmed 
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• speechless 
• startled 
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