AMAZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amaze mean? 

• AMAZE (verb)
  The verb AMAZE has 2 senses:

1. affect with wonder

2. be a mystery or bewildering to

  Familiarity information: AMAZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMAZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they amaze    ... he / she / it amazes   
Past simple: amazed   
Past participle: amazed   
-ing form: amazing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Affect with wonder

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

amaze; astonish; astound

Context example:

Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!

Hypernyms (to "amaze" is one way to...):

surprise (cause to be surprised)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "amaze"):

dazzle (amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

The good news will amaze her
The performance is likely to amaze Sue

Derivation:

amazement (the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be a mystery or bewildering to

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

amaze; baffle; beat; bewilder; dumbfound; flummox; get; gravel; mystify; nonplus; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; stupefy; vex

Context example:

This question really stuck me

Hypernyms (to "amaze" is one way to...):

bedevil; befuddle; confound; confuse; discombobulate; fox; fuddle; throw (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "amaze"):

mix up; stump (cause to be perplexed or confounded)

riddle (set a difficult problem or riddle)

elude; escape (be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

The bad news will amaze him
The good news will amaze her

 Context examples 

Presently the king’s daughter herself came down into the garden, and was amazed to see that the young man had done the task she had given him.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

"Perfectly," she answered, in a voice the control of which was in amazing contrast to the anger that blazed in the face she turned aside so that Haythorne might not see.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I am amaze, and not at ease then; but she is so bright and tender and thoughtful for me that I forget all fear.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

So amazed was I that I threw out my hand to make sure that the man himself was standing beside me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Right after February 23, you may get an amazing opportunity to pack and go.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“It is amazing to me,” said Bingley, “how young ladies can have patience to be so very accomplished as they all are.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

To see Miss Mowcher standing over him, looking at his rich profusion of brown hair through a large round magnifying glass, which she took out of her pocket, was a most amazing spectacle.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Giant trees like the ones we found are simply awe-inspiring, they remind us how amazing the Amazon rainforest is, and how important it is to preserve it.

(Expedition finds tallest tree in the Amazon, University of Cambridge)

Octopuses have amazed scientists for centuries —these underwater creatures can open jars, recognize faces and now a stunning video has suggested that they have dreams.

(Octopuses can dream, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

“Absolutely!” said I. “And now that you have explained it, I confess that I am as amazed as before.”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)