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Mazing
(gcide) | Maze \Maze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mazed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mazing.]
To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to
amaze. --South.
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amazing
(mass) | amazing
- ohromujúci, udivujúci, úžasný, úžasný |
amazing
(encz) | amazing,ohromný adj: amazing,ohromující adj: Zdeněk Brožamazing,udivující adj: amazing,úžasný adj: |
amazingly
(encz) | amazingly,překvapivě adv: Zdeněk Brožamazingly,udiveně adj: |
Amazing
(gcide) | Amaze \A*maze"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amazed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Amazing.] [Pref. a- + maze.]
1. To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze. [Obs.]
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A labyrinth to amaze his foes. --Shak.
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2. To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to
overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly.
"Amazing Europe with her wit." --Goldsmith.
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And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not
this the son of David? --Matt. xii.
23.
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Syn: To astonish; astound; confound; bewilder; perplex;
surprise.
Usage: Amaze, Astonish. Amazement includes the notion of
bewilderment of difficulty accompanied by surprise. It
expresses a state in which one does not know what to
do, or to say, or to think. Hence we are amazed at
what we can not in the least account for. Astonishment
also implies surprise. It expresses a state in which
one is stunned by the vastness or greatness of
something, or struck with some degree of horror, as
when one is overpowered by the ?normity of an act,
etc.
[1913 Webster]Amazing \A*maz"ing\, a.
Causing amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace. --
A*maz"ing*ly, adv.
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Amazingly
(gcide) | Amazing \A*maz"ing\, a.
Causing amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace. --
A*maz"ing*ly, adv.
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amazing
(wn) | amazing
adj 1: surprising greatly; "she does an amazing amount of work";
"the dog was capable of astonishing tricks" [syn:
amazing, astonishing]
2: 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" [syn: amazing, awe-inspiring,
awesome, awful, awing] |
amazingly
(wn) | amazingly
adv 1: in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise; "amazingly,
he finished medical school in three years" [syn:
amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly] |
pretty amazing new stuff
(foldoc) | Pretty Amazing New Stuff
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