Dictionary

amazing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• ə-mā'zĭng (UK, US)
• /əˈmeɪ.zɪŋ/
• (US) audio
• [əˈmeɪ̯.zɪŋɡ] without the NG-coalescence
• [əˈmeɪ̯.zɪŋ]
• /əˈmeɪ.zɪnɡ/ without the NG-coalescence

Etymology

From amaze + -ing, from Old English āmasian.

Meanings

1. Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising.
   • “It’s been amazing, the amount of emails and congratulations,” the Snow White and the Huntsman star, 36, told Ryan Seacrest Friday on his radio show. 2012 March 16, “Charlize Theron Says Swaddling’s ‘Pretty Amazing’”, in People Magazine:
2. (informal) Possessing uniquely wonderful qualities; very good.
   • 2014, November 6, WAAY-TV (Huntsville, AL), VIDEO: "Sitting next to him was amazing" says student of General Via "I think it was pretty amazing that he picked our school out of a lot of schools to come speak to us about what he has done, and what our country has done, to help us gain our freedom," Mucci said, “sitting next to him was amazing.”
   • 2014, November 8, Nick McCarvel, "Wozniacki's marathon debut was amazing, Djokovic says", USA TODAY Sports "Running a marathon is definitely an amazing experience."
   • “I didn’t think I would be a fan of the swaddling, but the swaddling’s pretty amazing,” she says. 2012 March 16, “Charlize Theron Says Swaddling’s ‘Pretty Amazing’”, in People Magazine:

Forms

Deriveds

amazingish · amazingness · unamazing · awesomazing · superamazing · amazingly

Relateds

amazement

Synonyms

awesome

Translations (71)

ne अचम्मको (causing wonder and amazement) · uk дивови́жний (causing wonder and amazement) · ja 驚くべき (causing wonder and amazement) · mn гайхалтай (causing wonder and amazement) · nl verbluffend (causing wonder and amazement) · fr sensationnel (possessing uniquely wonderful qualities) · be дзі́ўны (causing wonder and amazement) · nl wonderbaarlijk (causing wonder and amazement) · fr super (possessing uniquely wonderful qualities) · ru восхити́тельный (causing wonder and amazement) · izh ihmelliin (causing wonder and amazement) · it formidabile (possessing uniquely wonderful qualities) · izh ihmekäs (causing wonder and amazement) · ga iontach (causing wonder and amazement) · ro extraordinar (causing wonder and amazement) · de unglaublich (possessing uniquely wonderful qualities) · ar مُذْهِل (causing wonder and amazement) · eo miriga (possessing uniquely wonderful qualities) · sv häpnadsväckande (causing wonder and amazement) · es asombroso (causing wonder and amazement) · got 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (causing wonder and amazement) · cs ohromující (causing wonder and amazement) · fr étonnant (causing wonder and amazement) · vi tuyệt vời (causing wonder and amazement) · it sbalorditivo (causing wonder and amazement) · el εκπληκτικός (causing wonder and amazement) · la mirabilis (causing wonder and amazement) · ka საოცარი (causing wonder and amazement) · uk ди́вний (causing wonder and amazement) · pl zdumiewający (causing wonder and amazement) · it meraviglioso (causing wonder and amazement) · ka საოცარი (possessing uniquely wonderful qualities) · fr formidable (possessing uniquely wonderful qualities) · bg удивителен (causing wonder and amazement) · ro uimitor (causing wonder and amazement) · bg смайващ (causing wonder and amazement) · he מַדְהִים (causing wonder and amazement) · no forbløffende (causing wonder and amazement) · es sorprendente (causing wonder and amazement) · fr extraordinaire (possessing uniquely wonderful qualities) · izh ihmekäs (possessing uniquely wonderful qualities) · fi hämmästyttävä (causing wonder and amazement) · is furðulegur (causing wonder and amazement) · be дзіво́сны (causing wonder and amazement) · ka საკვირველი (causing wonder and amazement) · fi mieletön (possessing uniquely wonderful qualities) · be чаро́ўны (causing wonder and amazement) · cmn 精彩 (causing wonder and amazement) · de erstaunlich (causing wonder and amazement) · ar مُدْهِش (causing wonder and amazement) · de unglaublich (causing wonder and amazement) · ajp خرافي (causing wonder and amazement) · pt surpreendente (causing wonder and amazement) · ru изуми́тельный (causing wonder and amazement) · cmn 了不起 (causing wonder and amazement) · eo mirinda (causing wonder and amazement) · ba аптырарлыҡ (causing wonder and amazement) · la mīrus (causing wonder and amazement) · uk чудо́вий (causing wonder and amazement) · cs úžasný (causing wonder and amazement) · de super (possessing uniquely wonderful qualities) · ru порази́тельный (causing wonder and amazement) · de toll (possessing uniquely wonderful qualities) · izh ihmelliin (possessing uniquely wonderful qualities) · ba иҫ киткес (causing wonder and amazement) · tr şaşırtıcı (causing wonder and amazement) · gv ard-yindyssagh (causing wonder and amazement) · it sorprendente (causing wonder and amazement) · ro extraordinar (possessing uniquely wonderful qualities) · ba ғәжәп (causing wonder and amazement) · ja 凄い (causing wonder and amazement)

amazing en · VERB

Pronunciation

• ə-mā'zĭng (UK, US)
• /əˈmeɪ.zɪŋ/
• (US) audio
• [əˈmeɪ̯.zɪŋɡ] without the NG-coalescence
• [əˈmeɪ̯.zɪŋ]
• /əˈmeɪ.zɪnɡ/ without the NG-coalescence

Etymology

From amaze + -ing, from Old English āmasian.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of amaze
   form of amaze
   • The amazing is happening. 1999 July 13, Irma Dobkin, Mary Jo Peterson, Gracious Spaces, McGraw-Hill Professional, page xix:
   • Reality, especially God's Reality is amazing. For instance that there is something rather than nothing is amazing. [...] Amazing is amazing. 1997 November 30, Sir Frederick, “Pro-Mormons are amazing also”, in alt.religion.mormon.fellowship (Usenet):
   • Sheffield is an amazing athlete, how much of the amazing is provided from the Chemlab. 2004 October 23, MgClearwater, “George says: Joe and Brian stay..”, in alt.sports.baseball.ny-yankees (Usenet):
   • 2006 May 16, Simon Baird, "monkeyGTD is amazing- a few questions and suggestions", GTD TiddlyWiki, Google goups Cool! Of course 99% of the amazing is due to the "powered by TiddlyWiki" part of MonkeyGTD.. :)
   • How many things have men found out to the amazing of one another, to the wonderment of one another, to the begetting of endless commendations of one another in the world 1848, John Bunyan, Robert Philip, The Greatness of the Soul: And the Unspeakableness of the Loss Thereof, T. Nelson, page 29:
   • All that is impossibly amazing is considered nothing, and the impossibly amazing is considered normal. 2000 March 24, Shadow, “Return of the Fulgore Rant!”, in alt.fan.dragons (Usenet):
   • Everything that amazes has its method, until we notice that the amazing is not amazing, has no method. 2003 June 23, Thomas Bernhard, Three Novellas, University of Chicago Press, page 31:
   • Amazing is judged relative what already exists, and Quake has the best underwater effects so far. 1996 August 5, Tim Behrendsen, “Tim Behrendsen Lost and Spaced THE FINAL TRY”, in rec.games.computer.quake.misc (Usenet):
   • The amazing is that, in EXACTLY the same situation, the demo2 doesn't show this problem. 2001 February 3, Brian, “D3 weird FPS”, in alt.games.descent (Usenet):
   • Falling into her uſual Trance, ſhe at that inſtant wrought their Fancies to be perſuaded of the confuſed Articulation of Multitudes met as in a Fair, converſing and making a chattering, to the amazing of them all. 1698, John Fryer, “The Present State of Persia. Chap. XIII. Of Their Bookmen and Books; of Their Religion and Religious Worship; of Their Notions in Philosophy; of Heaven and Hell: Their Astronomers, Physicians, and Lawyers.”, in A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. […], London: […] R[obert] R[oberts] for Ri[chard] Chiswell, letter V (Travels into Persia), page 375: