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English verb: amaze | |||
| 1. | amaze (cognition) affect with wonder | ||
| Samples | Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!. | ||
| Examples | The good news will amaze her, The performance is likely to amaze Sue | ||
| Synonyms | astonish, astound | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | surprise | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dazzle | ||
| 2. | amaze (cognition) be a mystery or bewildering to | ||
| Samples | This beats me!. Got me--I don't know the answer!. A vexing problem. This question really stuck me. | ||
| Examples | The bad news will amaze him, The good news will amaze her | ||
| Synonyms | baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | elude, escape, mix up, riddle, stump | ||
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