vverb.cognitionaffect with wonderSynset:amaze astonish astound
Examples:- Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!
Derivationally Related Form:astonishmentamazement
Hypernyms:surprise
Inherited Hypernyms:amazesurpriseaffect
Direct Hyponyms:dazzle
Full Troponyms:dazzle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: astound, amaze, astonish) | The good news will --- her (apply to: astound, amaze, astonish)
vverb.cognitionbe a mystery or bewildering toSynset:amaze baffle beat bewilder dumbfound flummox get gravel mystify nonplus perplex pose puzzle stick stupefy vex
Examples:- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
Derivationally Related Form:puzzlepuzzlerbafflementmystificationbewildermentposerstupefactionmystifierpuzzlementmystery
Hypernyms:bedevil befuddle confound confuse discombobulate fox fuddle throw
Inherited Hypernyms:perplexconfusebe
Direct Hyponyms:eludeescapemix upriddlestump
Full Troponyms:beggardefyeluderiddlestump
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: perplex, baffle, mystify, puzzle, bewilder) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: perplex, baffle, mystify, puzzle, bewilder, nonplus, dumbfound, amaze, stupefy, flummox) | The good news will --- her (apply to: perplex, baffle, mystify, puzzle, bewilder, nonplus, dumbfound, amaze, stupefy, flummox)
adj satadj.allsurprising greatlySynset:astonishing
Examples:- she does an amazing amount of work
- the dog was capable of astonishing tricks
Antonyms:unsurprising
Inherited Hypernyms:amazing
Similar to:surprising
adj satadj.allinspiring awe or admiration or wonderSynset:awe-inspiring awesome awful awing
Examples:- New York is an amazing city
- the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight
- the awesome complexity of the universe
- this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath - Melville
- Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent
Antonyms:unimpressive
Inherited Hypernyms:amazing
Similar to:impressive