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Dec 1, 2009
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Synonyms for amazing

Verb

1. amaze, astonish, astound, surprise
usage: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"
2. perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound, confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
usage: 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"

Adjective

1. amazing, astonishing, surprising (vs. unsurprising)
usage: surprising greatly; "she does an amazing amount of work"; "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks"
2. amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing, impressive (vs. unimpressive)
usage: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "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"
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