amazing

adjective

1. causing great surprise or sudden wonder.

verb (used with object), a·mazed, a·maz·ing.

1. to overwhelm with surprise or sudden wonder; astonish greatly.
2. Obsolete. to bewilder; perplex.

verb (used without object), a·mazed, a·maz·ing.

3. to cause amazement: a new art show that delights and amazes.

noun

4. Archaic. amazement.

adjective

1. causing wonder or astonishmentamazing feats

verb (tr)

1. to fill with incredulity or surprise; astonish
2. an obsolete word for bewilder

noun

3. an archaic word for amazement

adj.

early 15c., “stupefactive;” 1590s, “dreadful;” present participle adjective from amaze. Sense of “wonderful” is recorded from 1704. Related: Amazingly.

v.

early 13c., amasian “stupefy, make crazy,” from a-, probably used here as an intensive prefix, + -masian, related to maze (q.v.). Sense of “overwhelm with wonder” is from 1580s. Related: Amazed; amazing.