WONDERING Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

wondering

adjective

as in amazed

filled with amazement or wonder with wondering expressions on our faces, we watched the acrobats perform their daring feats

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Hard to find anybody who is not amazed by both his talent and his humility.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Boone was especially amazed that the museum has a 20-foot segment of the 360-foot communications antenna that once rose from the North Tower.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of amazed

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Further stories illuminate emotional realities burrowed deep within enormously likeable characters, often moving the reader (or this reader anyway) to astonished tears.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
One that draws more approving thumbs-ups, creates more astonished grins, or pulls more phones from pockets for impromptu photographs and video—especially in stunning Verde Ermes metallic paint.

— Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026

Definition of astonished

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Five o’clock Saturday, the Riverside Stadium and Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg is fist-pumping a half-bewildered but fully enthused home crowd.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
When kids first got online, parents were bewildered and alarmed, but kids, who tend to gravitate to new technology, found freedom in a space that was basically ungoverned.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

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