amazing

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
22
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ (UK)
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/əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ (UK) · [əˈmeɪ̯zɪŋ] (UK)

Definition of amazing

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (form-of, 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.”
    “How many things have men found out to the amazing of one another, to the wonderment of one another, to the begetting of endless commendations of one another in the world”
    “Amazing is judged relative what already exists, and Quake has the best underwater effects so far.”
    “Reality, especially God's Reality is amazing. For instance that there is something rather than nothing is amazing. [...] Amazing is amazing.”
    “The amazing is happening.”
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verb

  1. (form-of, 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.”
    “How many things have men found out to the amazing of one another, to the wonderment of one another, to the begetting of endless commendations of one another in the world”
    “Amazing is judged relative what already exists, and Quake has the best underwater effects so far.”
    “Reality, especially God's Reality is amazing. For instance that there is something rather than nothing is amazing. [...] Amazing is amazing.”
    “The amazing is happening.”

adj

  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.”
    “2014, November 6, WAAY-TV (Huntsville, AL), VIDEO: "Sitting next to him was amazing" says student of General Via "I think it was pretty amazing that he picked our school out of a lot of schools to come speak to us about what he has done, and what our country has done, to help us gain our freedom," Mucci said, “sitting next to him was amazing.””
    “2014, November 8, Nick McCarvel, "Wozniacki's marathon debut was amazing, Djokovic says", USA TODAY Sports "Running a marathon is definitely an amazing experience."”

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Etymology

From amaze + -ing, from Old English āmasian.

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