Amazement

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amazement \A*maze"ment\, n.
     1. The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.];
        overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear,
        horror, or admiration.
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              His words impression left
              Of much amazement.                    --Milton.
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     2. Frenzy; madness. [Obs.] --Webster (1661).
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amazement
       n : the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising;
           "he looked at me in astonishment" [syn: {astonishment}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "amazement":
     admiration, amaze, astonishing thing, astonishment, astoundment,
     awe, beguilement, bewilderment, breathless wonder, confoundment,
     curiosity, dumbfoundment, exception, fascination, gazingstock,
     marvel, marveling, marvelment, miracle, nonesuch, phenomenon,
     prodigy, puzzlement, quite a thing, rarity, sensation,
     sense of mystery, sense of wonder, sight, something else,
     spectacle, stunner, stupefaction, surprise, wonder,
     wonderful thing, wonderment