amaze

[A*mazeĀ·]

Things that amaze fill you with confusion and mystery or they just impress you. Either way, amazing things make an impact.

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To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.

Verb
be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don''t know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

Verb
affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"


v. t.
To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.

v. t.
To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly.

v. i.
To be astounded.

v. t.
Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement.


Amaze

A*maze" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amazed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Amazing.] [Pref. a- + maze.] 1. To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze. [Obs.]
A labyrinth to amaze his foes.
2. To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly. "Amazing Europe with her wit." Goldsmith.
And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
Syn. -- To astonish; astound; confound; bewilder; perplex; surprise. -- Amaze, Astonish. Amazement includes the notion of bewilderment of difficulty accompanied by surprise. It expresses a state in which one does not know what to do, or to say, or to think. Hence we are amazed at what we can not in the least account for. Astonishment also implies surprise. It expresses a state in which one is stunned by the vastness or greatness of something, or struck with some degree of horror, as when one is overpowered by the normity of an act, etc.

Amaze

A*maze", v. i. To be astounded. [Archaic] B. Taylor.

Amaze

A*maze", v. t. Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement. [Chiefly poetic]
The wild, bewildered Of one to stone converted by amaze.

To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.

To be astounded.

Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement.

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Usage Examples

If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.

People never cease to amaze me.

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Other Usage Examples

The best subjects are always people, who never fail to amaze me by their unpredictability.

Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with its subject.

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