amazement

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/əˈmeɪz.mənt/

noun 4

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

complete, sheer, utter

mock

He looked at the broken vase with mock amazement, pretending he had no idea how it happened.

VERB + AMAZEMENT

express

PREP

in ~

The children watched in amazement as the magician pulled a rabbit from his hat.

to sb's ~

To everyone's amazement, the old car started on the first try after sitting unused for years.

with ~

She watched the magic trick with amazement, unable to believe what she had just seen.

~ at

She looked around in amazement at how much the old town had changed.

Definitions

noun

The condition of being amazed; a state of overwhelming wonder, as from surprise or sudden fear, horror, or admiration; astonishment.

Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.

A particular feeling of wonder, surprise, fear, or horror.

Were believers thoroughly persuaded of what God meaneth, by these things, they would not be so liable to those frights and amazements which distract and disturb them.

In the midst of ill rumours and amazements, his countenance changeth not.

Something which amazes.

So impossible did it seem that such an amazement of horse-flesh could ever be hers.

I believe the Urchin showed more enthusiasm over the stone and the robin than over any of the amazements that succeeded them.

Madness, frenzy.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising

astonishment

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.

Wiktionary

Were believers thoroughly persuaded of what God meaneth, by these things, they would not be so liable to those frights and amazements which distract and disturb them.

Wiktionary

In the midst of ill rumours and amazements, his countenance changeth not.

Wiktionary

To my amazement, it disappeared in an instant.

Tatoeba · #18907

He was in open-mouthed amazement.

Tatoeba · #34766

I blinked in amazement at the unexpected development.

Tatoeba · #263645

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, amazement is marked as archaic, dated, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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