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Adjective amazed has 1 sense
- amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned - filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock; "an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation"; "I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral"; "astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing"; "stood in stunned silence"; "stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses"
Antonyms: unsurprised, not surprised (indirect, via surprised)
Verb amaze has 2 senses
- amaze, astonish, astound - affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"
--1 is one way to surprise
Sample sentences:
The good news will amaze her
The performance is likely to amaze Sue
- perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound - 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"
--2 is one way to confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Sample sentences:
The bad news will amaze him
The good news will amaze her
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