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
Doug Haller, New York Times, 24 July 2025
The video has amazed and delighted social media users, leading to more than 13.3 million views and over 1.5 million likes on TikTok at the time of writing.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
Locke hadn't come across many others who felt the same way about their tattoos, but she's been amazed by the online response to her post.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
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Verb
What amazed many is that Brooks — who has earned just one All-Defense nod (second team in 2023) — isn’t more respected as a defender, especially because of his versatility.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 24 July 2025
The video has amazed and delighted social media users, leading to more than 13.3 million views and over 1.5 million likes on TikTok at the time of writing.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Adjective
Customers who come into Stock Vintage are often amazed that the garments have stayed in good condition.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
Locke hadn't come across many others who felt the same way about their tattoos, but she's been amazed by the online response to her post.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amaze
Adjective
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Every new scrap of information about Ash and LaMotte is greeted with an astonished rapture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
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Attendees in East London were likely astonished to see their monarch at the festival, much like how Austinites would be starstruck by a glimpse of Matthew McConaughey.—
Mars Salazar,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Even some people who have repeatedly criticized the verification system were surprised that the Trump administration seemed to disown it.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
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Everyone was surprised when these two got together in 2023 — the tortured poet and the football jock.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Audience members were shocked when winner Rachel Frederickson went from 260 pounds to 105, appearing on stage drastically thinner and somewhat unhealthy.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
20 Aug. 2025
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What is really taking risks in comedy, which isn't just saying the R word or saying something so filthy that people are shocked.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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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
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Fifty years later Bruce regards the song with a kind of awed detachment.—
Peter Ames Carlin,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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An instant later, six-foot-tall flames burst upward in blazing pillars, followed by an intoxicating waft of garlic, lemon and herbs that permeated the air over a crowd of awed onlookers.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
25 July 2025
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“Amaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amaze. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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