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amazing

  • /əˈmeɪ.zɪŋ/
  • [əˈmeɪ̯.zɪŋ]
  • /əˈmeɪ.zɪnɡ/
  • [əˈmeɪ̯.zɪŋɡ]

Rhymes with -eɪzɪŋ

Where it comes from

From amaze + -ing, from Old English āmasian.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of amaze Falling into her uſual Trance, ſhe at that inſtant wrought their Fancies to be perſuaded of the confuſed Articulation of Multitudes met as in a Fair, converſing and making a chattering, to the amazing of them all.

adjective more amazing · most amazing

  1. Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising. “It’s been amazing, the amount of emails and congratulations,” the Snow White and the Huntsman star, 36, told Ryan Seacrest Friday on his radio show.
  2. informal Possessing uniquely wonderful qualities; very good. “I didn’t think I would be a fan of the swaddling, but the swaddling’s pretty amazing,” she says.

Similar: awesome

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