Meaning of AMAZEMENT
| Pronunciation: | | u'meyzmunt
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | [n] the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; "he looked at me in astonishment" |
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| | Synonyms: | | astonishment |
| |
| | See Also: | | admiration, feeling, stupefaction, surprise, wonder, wonderment | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \A*maze"ment\, n.
1. The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.];
overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear,
horror, or admiration.
His words impression left Of much amazement.
--Milton.
2. Frenzy; madness. [Obs.] --Webster (1661).
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
| |
|
|
|