Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A state of extreme surprise or wonder; astonishment.
- noun Obsolete Bewilderment; perplexity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being amazed; astonishment; confusion or perplexity from a sudden impression of surprise, or surprise mingled with alarm.
- noun Infatuation; madness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration.
- noun obsolete Frenzy; madness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The condition of being
amazed ; overwhelmingwonder , as fromsurprise , suddenfear ,horror , oradmiration ;astonishment . - noun countable, archaic A particular
feeling of wonder, surprise, fear, or horror. - noun countable, dated Something which
amazes . - noun obsolete
Madness ,frenzy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
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Examples
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Then, like every morning, I looked out my window – this time in amazement: With all the talk of there being a water shortage here in Mexico City I look out my window to see a city crew cleaning the sidewalks of the park across the street, Alameda Santa Maria la Ribera, not with brooms but WATER!
Global Voices in English » Mexico: Water Shortages Affecting Nearly 2 Million Residents 2009
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The use of color-coded symbols beside each link would help casual surfers avoid anything which is too harsh for their tastes, whilst allowing those of us with dark sensibilities to continue looking in amazement at the absolute strangeness which exists around the internet.
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But if a piece of music has demonstrated its potential to be an amazing experience, I'm less concerned with how often that amazement is likely to happen.
Spend some time and rock a rhyme / I said, It's not that easy Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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At the exact moment that the bomb dropped the two were sitting on a hilltop of verdant grass, gazing out in amazement at the splendor that nature had created.
The Law of Averages Marda Miller 2010
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But if a piece of music has demonstrated its potential to be an amazing experience, I'm less concerned with how often that amazement is likely to happen.
Archive 2009-02-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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AQ is watching in amazement as the administration refuses to interrogate them.
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AQ is watching in amazement as the administration refuses to interrogate them.
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Why you must wonder in amazement at all US idiots who get on airplanes and fly to the same places several times a year.
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AQ is watching in amazement as the administration refuses to interrogate them.
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They will gasp in amazement as the on duty DMI swings passed from the big wheel chanting the policing pledge in a multitude of languages, using where required CINTRA to assist those unable or unwilling to understand the local dialect.
What A Bunch Of Plonkers « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
tbtabby commented on the word amazement
King John, Act 5, Scene 1:
"Wild amazement hurries up and down / The little number of you doubtful friends."
September 2, 2009