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amazing
[
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-
mey
-zing
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Origin
a·maz·ing
/
əˈmeɪ
zɪŋ
/
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[
uh
-
mey
-zing
]
Show IPA
adjective
causing great surprise or sudden wonder.
Origin:
1520–30;
amaze
+
-ing
2
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a·maz·ing·ly,
adverb
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a·maze
/
əˈmeɪz
/
Show Spelled
[
uh
-
meyz
]
Show IPA
verb,
a·mazed,
a·maz·ing,
noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to overwhelm with surprise or sudden wonder; astonish greatly.
2.
Obsolete
.
to bewilder; perplex.
verb (used without object)
3.
to cause
amazement
:
a new
art
show that delights and amazes.
noun
4.
Archaic
.
amazement.
Origin:
before 1000;
Middle English
amasen,
Old English
āmasian
to confuse, stun, astonish.
See
a-
3
,
maze
Synonyms
1.
astound, dumfound, stun, flabbergast.
See
surprise.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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amazing
(əˈmeɪzɪŋ)
—
adj
causing wonder or astonishment:
amazing feats
a'mazingly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
amaze
early 13c., amasian "stupefy, make crazy," from a-, probably used here as an intensive prefix, + -masian, related to
maze
(q.v.). Sense of "overwhelm with wonder" is from 1590s.
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amazing
1590s, prp. adj. from
amaze
(q.v.). Originally "dreadful;" sense of "wonderful" is recorded from 1704.
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