amaze

[ uh-meyz ]

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verb (used with object),a·mazed, a·maz·ing.

to overwhelm with surprise or sudden wonder; astonish greatly: It will never cease to amaze me how fast children grow.She was amazed that someone could be serious about something so incredibly absurd.
Obsolete. to bewilder; perplex.

verb (used without object),a·mazed, a·maz·ing.

to cause amazement: The museum has a new art show that delights and amazes.

noun

Archaic. amazement.

Origin of amaze

First recorded before 1000; from Middle English amasen, from Old English āmasian “to confuse, stun, astonish,” equivalent to a-³, + unattested *masian “to confuse”; cf. maze

synonym study For amaze

1. See surprise.

Other words for amaze

1	astound, dumbfound, stun, flabbergast

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How to use amaze in a sentence

What most amazes me about the following novels is the variety of approaches they take to Shakespeare riffing/ripping.
Book Bag: 5 Novels Shakespeare Sort of Wrote | Lois Leveen | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
What amazes me is how especially nice everyone has been, and still are.
The Death of a Rodeo Cowboy | Peter Richmond | May 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It amazes me how this one kid is touching so many… from coast to coast.
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It amazes me that people think the stakes in these videos are low.
Why Jimmy Kimmel’s Lies Matter | Sam Harris | November 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
He amazes Blore and the audience with this incredible dancing that saves her job.
Mel Brooks’s 11 Favorite Movie Scenes: ‘Psycho’ to ‘Some Like It Hot’ | Mel Brooks | May 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

It amazes me now to think how little either of us troubled about the established rights or wrongs of the situation.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George Wells
It amazes me, for she is perfectly amiable, both in temper and person; she is a widow of about eight and twenty.
Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph | Frances Sheridan
It still amazes me—I shall die amazed—that such a thing can be possible in the modern state.
Tono Bungay | H. G. Wells
This amazes him; almost takes his breath away; it is so different from his dream, which left him in a desperate hole.
Miss Caprice | St. George Rathborne
It is an artless kind of fresco-work, which nevertheless amazes us by remaining perfect after thirty-five centuries.
Egypt (La Mort De Philae) | Pierre Loti

British Dictionary definitions for amaze

amaze

/ (əˈmeɪz) /

verb(tr)

to fill with incredulity or surprise; astonish
an obsolete word for bewilder

noun

an archaic word for amazement

Origin of amaze

Old English āmasian

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