amazing
/əˈmeɪ.zɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.10 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "All that is impossibly amazing is considered nothing, and the impossibly amazing is considered normal."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
more amazing (comparative)
most amazing (superlative)