Amazing
[ə'meɪzɪŋ] or [ə'mezɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; 'New York is an amazing city'; 'the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight'; 'the awesome complexity of the universe'; 'this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath'- Melville; 'Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent' .
(adj.) surprising greatly; 'she does an amazing amount of work'; 'the dog was capable of astonishing tricks' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amaze
(a.) Causing amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Astonishing, astounding, stupendous, wonderful, surprising, marvellous, miraculous, strange, very extraordinary.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Astounding, astonishing, bewildering, marvellous, prodigious, miraculous, vast,portentous, ominous, striking, wonderful, surprising, astounding,extraordinary
ANT:Common, ordinary, familiar, trivial, commonplace, customary, frequent, usual
Typist: Tyler
Examples
- It was amazing through how many hours at a time she would remain beside him, in a crouching attitude, attentive to his slightest moan. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This improvised stove will burn without attention for twenty-four hours, and it is amazing what a great amount of heat is given off from so small a surface. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Glaucon said, with a ludicrous earnestness: By the light of heaven, how amazing! Plato. The Republic.
- She had an amazing instinctive critical faculty, and was a pure anarchist, a pure aristocrat at once. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There was a formation of surface going on around her on an amazing scale, and it had not a flaw of courage or honest free speech in it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- What an amazing match for her! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It had hardly died away when an amazing thing happened. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- That he should even speak to her was amazing! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Accustomed as I was to my friend's amazing powers in the use of disguises, I had to look three times before I was certain that it was indeed he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- But, it is so amazing how any people can have come to a total smash, that everybody feels bound to account for it specially. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Amazing heights of upright grandeur. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She is dressed in lavender-coloured silk, and has a white bonnet on, and is amazing. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Griffin, an old telegraph friend of Edison, acted as his secretary and had charge of a voluminous and amazing correspondence. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is amazing, said she, how much young people cost their friends, what with bringing them up and putting them out in the world! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- True--'tis amazing what a polish the world have been brought to, said Humphrey. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- There is an extraordinary rich spring of life in him, really amazing, the way he can give himself to things. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Some of the press notices of the period were most amazing--and amusing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At this amazing sight the old man was overcome with rage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Even under such conditions amazing results were often obtained. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nor did this amazing equipment stop at batteries and bottles. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Her unexpected absence did me amazing good. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- These amazing engagements of minewhat have they been? Jane Austen. Emma.
- And that you should have been so mistaken, is amazing! Jane Austen. Emma.
- Then things happened with such amazing rapidity that I can scarce comprehend even now all that took place in that brief instant. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They discharged a few arrows, and at last encamped to argue about this amazing outrage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is amazing to me, said Bingley, how young ladies can have patience to be so very accomplished as they all are. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It's amazing what places they used to put the guineas in, wrapped up in rags. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The coolness of you two rascals is amazing, began Mr. Pickwick, trying to get up an awful frown and only succeeding in producing an amiable smile. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Now, love was Miss Amelia Sedley's last tutoress, and it was amazing what progress our young lady made under that popular teacher. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I was their chief exponent, and opened Mr. Barkis's mind to an amazing extent. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Typist: Tyler