amazed

a·maze  (-mz)

v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es

v.tr.

1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise.

2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex.

v.intr.

To cause great wonder or astonishment: a sight that amazes.

n.

Amazement; wonder.

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[From Middle English masen, to bewilder, and from amased, bewildered (from Old English masod), both from Old English masian, to bewilder : -, intensive pref. + *masian, to confuse.]

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a·mazed·ly (-mzd-l) adv.

a·mazed·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

amazed - filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock; "an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation"; "I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral"; "astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing"; "stood in stunned silence"; "stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses" astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned surprised - taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression"

Translations

amazed [əˈmeɪzd] amaze adj → stupéfait(e)