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  • adjective Astonished; confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder; greatly surprised.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of amaze.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock

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Examples

  • That he even knew my name amazed me, but when he would mention specific things he admired in me, it just blew me away.

    They Smell Like Sheep Volume 2 Lynn Anderson 2007

  • That he even knew my name amazed me, but when he would mention specific things he admired in me, it just blew me away.

    They Smell Like Sheep Volume 2 Lynn Anderson 2007

  • But sometimes a publication emerges that is so offensive to, well, just about everything, that we really need to stand as one and drop our collective jaw in amazed disgust.

    Novelty Books More Offensive Than Ever The Guardian 2010

  • But sometimes a publication emerges that is so offensive to, well, just about everything, that we really need to stand as one and drop our collective jaw in amazed disgust.

    Novelty Books More Offensive Than Ever The Guardian 2010

  • I remain amazed at how much can be said in just one well written and thought out line.

    Counting the Words « Write Anything 2009

  • I realie that religious tribalism exerts a strong gravitational pull, but I remain amazed that parents of young children contribute even a penny to a religious entity that has institutionalized pederasty.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » District Attorney Suggests That It May Be a Crime for Teachers to Follow the New State Law Mandating Certain Forms of Sex Education 2010

  • You would be so fuckin amazed if you only knew how much that looked like Fuckin Contractor Mike!

    SEXMAN RELEASES A SHORT FILM 2008

  • I remain amazed at some of these comments of posters, national media and others.

    Clinton camp presses electability 2008

  • So much, then, for the ‘honest’ debate Campbell suggested we should have on this issue: we now know we are not going to have it, such being unnecessary as those of us who have bothered to read the thing as opposed to merely looking at it in amazed stupefaction are, of course quite bonkers.

    Archive 2007-09-16 2007

  • So much, then, for the ‘honest’ debate Campbell suggested we should have on this issue: we now know we are not going to have it, such being unnecessary as those of us who have bothered to read the thing as opposed to merely looking at it in amazed stupefaction are, of course quite bonkers.

    News From the Padded Cell 2007

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