Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: amaze
IPA transcription: [əm'eɪz]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: amaze, astonish, astound
    Meaning: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"
  • Synonyms: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • Our eyes beheld Messiah certainly now come, so long Expected of our fathers; we have heard His words, his wisdom full of grace and truth. 'Now, now, for sure, deliverance is at hand; The kingdom shall to Israel be restored:' Thus we rejoiced, but soon our joy is turned Into perplexity and new amaze. For whither is he gone?