amazed
/əˈmeɪzd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.91 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Astonished or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder; greatly surprised (often with ensuing adpositions e.g. at, with, or by).
verb
simple past and past participle of amaze
Example Sentences
- "I am amazed at your passionate words"
- "I am amazed with matter"
- "1917, Frederic Harrison, The Mill on the Floss. Vol. IX. Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction we are amazed by forked flashes of wisdom"
- "And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed."
- "It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face."
Inflected Forms
more amazed (comparative)
most amazed (superlative)