Synonyms for amazing


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-mey-zing
Phonetic Transcription : əˈmeɪ zɪŋ


Définition of amazing

Origin :
  • early 15c., "stupefactive;" 1590s, "dreadful;" present participle adjective from amaze. Sense of "wonderful" is recorded from 1704. Related: Amazingly.
  • adj astonishing
Example sentences :
  • He walked, indeed, with a step of amazing springiness for a man of his years.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • In truth, it's amazing to take count of the Western men among us in all the professions.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The amazing lift was gone from her gait, and she pounded heavily with the forelegs.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • And the amount of stories Mark, with all his contemplativeness could swallow, was amazing.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • They done it; so we done it, too, and they was most amazing good.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Upon the event of her illness I laid bets to an amazing amount.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • It is amazing that any mortal beings can journey on limbs so small!
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • He paused again, grappling with this amazing revelation of self.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Caroline had grown an amazing prude in her judgment of others!
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • It appeared to him amazing that he could hold up his head at all, poor creature.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Antonyms for amazing

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