VERB | cognition | amaze, astonish, astound | affect with wonder |
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cognition | amaze, perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound | be a mystery or bewildering to |
Sounds | ahmey'z | |
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Rhymes | ablaze ... ways: 57 rhymes with eyz... |
Meaning | affect with wonder. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The good news will amaze her; The performance is likely to amaze Sue | |
Example | "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" | |
Synonyms | astonish, astound | |
Narrower | dazzle | amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill |
Broader | surprise | Cause to be surprised |
Spanish | admirar, asombrar, pasmar, sorprender | |
Catalan | admirar, asombrar, esbalair, meravellar, sorprendre | |
Nouns | amazement | the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising |
Meaning | Be a mystery or bewildering to. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The bad news will amaze him; The good news will amaze her | |
Synonyms | perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound | |
Narrower | elude, escape | Be incomprehensible to |
riddle | Set a difficult problem or riddle | |
stump, mix up | Cause to be perplexed or confounded | |
Broader | confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to |
Spanish | asombrar, confundir, desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar, sorprender | |
Catalan | desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar |
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