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amaze
Overview of verb amaze
The verb amaze has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) amaze, astonish, astound -- (affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!")
2. (1) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me")
Grep of noun amaze
amazement
Antonyms of verb amaze
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb amaze
2 senses of amaze
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
=> surprise
=> affect, impress, move, strike
Sense 2
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> be
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb amaze
2 senses of amaze
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
=> dazzle
Sense 2
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> stump, mix up
=> riddle
=> elude, escape
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb amaze
2 senses of amaze
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
=> surprise
Sense 2
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
'Cause To' of verb amaze
Derived Forms of verb amaze
1 of 2 senses of amaze
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
RELATED TO>(noun) amazement#1
=> astonishment, amazement
Domain of verb amaze
Domain Terms of verb amaze
Familiarity of verb amaze
amaze used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb amaze
2 senses of amaze
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
EX: The good news will amaze her
EX: The performance is likely to amaze Sue
Sense 2
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
EX: The bad news will amaze him
EX: The good news will amaze her
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb amaze
2 senses of amaze
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
> surprise
=> amaze, astonish, astound
=> explode a bombshell
=> catch
=> flabbergast, boggle, bowl over
=> shock, stun, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback
Sense 2
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> demoralize
=> perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> disorient, disorientate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb amaze
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
=> surprise
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Sense 2
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
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Grep of verb amaze
amaze
Grep of adj amaze
amazed
lamaze
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