amazement

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amazement

  • /əˈmeɪz.mənt/

Rhymes with -eɪzmənt

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From amaze + -ment.

noun amazements

  1. uncountable The condition of being amazed; a state of overwhelming wonder, as from surprise or sudden fear, horror, or admiration; a feeling of intense astonishment or awe, as from witnessing something incredible and impressive. We stared in amazement at the skills on display.
  2. archaic, countable 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.
  3. countable, dated Something which amazes. So impossible did it seem that such an amazement of horse-flesh could ever be hers.
  4. countable, obsolete, uncountable Madness, frenzy.

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