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AMAZEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
Example:
he looked at me in astonishment
Synonyms:
amazement; astonishment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("amazement" is a kind of...):
feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amazement"):
admiration; wonder; wonderment (the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising)
surprise (the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you)
stupefaction (a feeling of stupefied astonishment)
Derivation:
amaze (affect with wonder)
Context examples:
To the amazement of the Hubble team, they found the spectra of both planets not to have any telltale chemical signatures.
('Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations, NASA)
Dorothy looked at him in amazement, and so did the Scarecrow, while Toto barked sharply and made a snap at the tin legs, which hurt his teeth.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
The sailors were all in amazement, and asked me a thousand questions, which I had no inclination to answer.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Mrs. Bennet, all amazement, though flattered by having a guest of such high importance, received her with the utmost politeness.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
A wave of amazement passed over me as I looked.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"With me!"—in the utmost amazement—"well, sir,—be quick—and if you can—less violent."
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Their amazement at me, my language, my rules, and ways, once subsided, I found some of these heavy-looking, gaping rustics wake up into sharp-witted girls enough.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
She was still looking at him with the most speaking amazement.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
“Lovers' Vows!” in a tone of the greatest amazement, was his only reply to Mr. Rushworth, and he turned towards his brother and sisters as if hardly doubting a contradiction.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Picture to yourselves my amazement; I shall not easily forget Admiral Baldwin.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
