verb

amaze

uh-MAYZ

verb

To fill someone with great surprise or wonder.

"The magician's final trick amazed the entire audience."

"It never ceases to amaze me how fast children grow up."

How to Use Amaze

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo surprise someone so much that they're left in wonder or disbelief.

Common pairings

amaze the crowd never ceases to amaze amaze me

Word Forms

amazed past tense, amaze plural, amazed plural, amazes plural, amazes singular, amaze singular, amazed singular, amazest singular, amazedst singular, amazeth singular

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The magician's final trick _____ the entire audience.

Etymology

From Old English amasian, "to confuse or astonish" — related to the older sense of "maze" meaning to bewilder.

Synonyms

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