amaze

Definition of amaze

Verbs

affect with wonder
"Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"
Synonyms:
astonish, astound
Types:
dazzle
amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill
Type of:
surprise
cause to be surprised
be a mystery or bewildering to
Synonyms:
baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
Types:
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mix up, stump
cause to be perplexed or confounded
riddle
set a difficult problem or riddle
elude, escape
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
defy, refuse, resist
elude, especially in a baffling way
Type of:
bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

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George Orwell's "Animal Farm" »(363 words)
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E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web" »(115 words)
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Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" Chapters 29-43 »(113 words)
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 8-15 »(708 words)
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Shakespeare's Macbeth »(507 words)
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Chapters 1-5 »(307 words)
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Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 40-46 »(226 words)
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Katherine Paterson's "Bridge to Terabithia" »(197 words)
Vocabulary study list for Katherine Paterson's "Bridge...
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