as in to surprise
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected
your ability to remember names and faces amazes me
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as in stunned
affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise
you'd be amazed at the destruction one small squirrel can cause inside a house
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as in wondering
filled with amazement or wonder
a visitor cannot help but be amazed by the size of the Great Pyramid
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as in surprised
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected
your ability to remember names and faces amazes me
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Recent Examples of amaze
Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 13 May 2025
What amazes me is how reading has affected not just me but so many others as well.
—Lynne Agress, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2025
ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
Children are more open-minded and ready to accept change, to be amazed and to grasp transformation without clinging to the status quo.
—Kevin Giraud, Variety, 10 June 2025
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Verb
The two then perform an impromptu and enthusiastic dance routine that amazes everyone.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 13 May 2025
What amazes me is how reading has affected not just me but so many others as well.
—Lynne Agress, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2025
Adjective
Robots like Atlas, Spot, and Stretch have amazed people with natural, life-like agility and body balance.
—ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
Children are more open-minded and ready to accept change, to be amazed and to grasp transformation without clinging to the status quo.
—Kevin Giraud, Variety, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amaze
Adjective
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Feel that stretch in your shoulders, and in your capacity to still be shocked, six months into Trump’s second term.—
Jena Friedman,
New Yorker,
25 June 2025
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Matlin appears shocked but somewhat timid when Hurt, who presented her with the award after winning the previous year's Best Actor statue for Kiss of the Spider Woman, calls and then signs her name.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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And the writer’s astonished eyes answer: yes, that was me.—
Jayson Greene,
Time,
17 June 2025
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Arriving onstage hours late, Stone regaled the astonished crowd with a diatribe against Jerry Goldstein, his manager since the early ’90s.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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Don’t be surprised, however, if the Penguins trade other draft picks for the sake of moving up in the draft or acquiring NHL-ready players.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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Don’t be surprised if this track-only beast turns out to be the latest.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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When Burrell wasn’t tapped to join the show’s 28th season in January — after playing a central role in the first 27 — viewers were appalled and even Burrell was baffled.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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There was an appalled silence broken at last by Wells.—
Robeson Bailey,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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Indiana State Police Troopers Amanda Parker and Jaylen Holt-Terry took their plates and sat off to the side Tuesday afternoon, awed by the history in the room.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
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The magazine saw itself as literary but not self-serious; if the stereotypical National Geographic story was a walk through the jungle recounted in hushed, awed tones, its Outside equivalent was a little dustier, wilder, and less reverent.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Amaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amaze. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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