amaze

CEFRB1

/əˈmeɪz/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To surprise and impress someone greatly.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To bewilder or perplex (someone or oneself).

Examples

  • There is nothing that can amaze my dad.

  • His aristocratic manners amaze me.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To stun or stupefy (someone).

  2. To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise.

  3. To experience amazement; to be astounded.

More examples

In context

  • Tom never ceases to amaze me.

  • He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot.

  • And all the people were amazed, and ſaid, Is this the ſonne of Dauid?

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Origin

verb

The verb is derived from Middle English *amasen, *amase (“to bewilder, perplex”) (attested chiefly in the past participle form, and thus often difficult to distinguish from amased (adjective)), from Old English āmasian (“to confuse, astonish”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + *masian (“to confound, confuse, perplex; to amaze”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon, signal”)). The English word is analysable as a- (intensifying prefix) + maze (“(archaic) to astonish, amaze, bewilder; to daze, stupefy”). The noun is derived from Late Middle English amase, from the verb: see above.