amaze
[verb]
Synonyms: astonish, alarm, astound, bewilder, dumbfound, shock, stagger, startle, stun, surprise

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Related Words: affect, impress, move, strike, touch, confoundment, surprise

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English Thesaurus: surprise, amaze, astonish, astound, take somebody by surprise, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

a‧maze /əˈmeɪz/ verb [transitive]
[Word Family: adjective: amazed, amazing; verb: amaze; noun: amazement; adverb: amazingly]
[Language: Old English; Origin: amasian, from an unrecorded masian 'to confuse']
to surprise someone very much Synonym : astonish:
Dave amazed his friends by suddenly getting married.
it amazes somebody how/what etc
It still amazes me how much she has improved.
amaze that
It never ceased to amaze him that women were attracted to Sam.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

amaze
verb
ADV. really His skill as a dancer really amazed me.
VERB + AMAZE never cease to It never ceases to amaze me what some people will do for money.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

surprise to make someone feel surprised, especially because they did not expect something:
Her reaction surprised me – I didn’t realize how strongly she felt.
What surprised me was how cheap everything was compared to at home.
amaze to greatly surprise someone, for example because something is very good, unusual, or hard to believe:
He amazed everyone with his skill.
It amazes me that no one has thought of the idea before.
astonish to greatly surprise someone:
Myra astonished her doctors by recovering so quickly.
astound to greatly surprise or shock someone. Astound sounds a little more formal and a little stronger than astonish:
What astounded him was their inefficiency.
take somebody by surprise to happen at an unexpected time, so that people are surprised or unprepared:
Security men were taken by surprise as the man ran onto the stage.
His resignation took us by surprise.
startle to make someone feel surprised or slightly frightened by doing something they did not expect:
The wind made the door shut with a crash, which startled her.
Sudden movements may startle the horse.

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