AMAZED Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ə-ˈmāzd

Definition of amazed

as in stunned

affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise you'd be amazed at the destruction one small squirrel can cause inside a house

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as in wondering

filled with amazement or wonder a visitor cannot help but be amazed by the size of the Great Pyramid

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verb

past tense of amaze

as in surprised

to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected your ability to remember names and faces amazes me

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Recent Examples of amazed

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Boone was especially amazed that the museum has a 20-foot segment of the 360-foot communications antenna that once rose from the North Tower. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026 Experts are amazed to see such progress in the humanoid robot industry. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

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When Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the telephone at America’s Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, the invention amazed the crowd. — David H. Hsu, Fortune, 11 May 2026 I'mPhaedra Trethan, amazed at these quick-thinking kids. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for amazed

Recent Examples of Synonyms for amazed

Adjective

As Bijan Robinson raced down the sideline and the rest of his Falcons teammates sprinted in pursuit, a mixture of an eerie hush and a stunned buzz fell over Caesars Superdome from a crowd still not entirely settled in its seats.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 6 Oct. 2026
The record closed out the 13-song set, which ended in a staggering high note from Spiro and a standing ovation from a stunned ACL audience.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of stunned

Adjective

Further stories illuminate emotional realities burrowed deep within enormously likeable characters, often moving the reader (or this reader anyway) to astonished tears.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
One that draws more approving thumbs-ups, creates more astonished grins, or pulls more phones from pockets for impromptu photographs and video—especially in stunning Verde Ermes metallic paint.

— Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026

Definition of astonished

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Derrick Wolf shops with his twin daughters, Evelyn and Aliyah, after Making Disciplies founder Eric Bassette surprised the family by paying for their back-to-school supplies.

— Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
What surprised him the most was the musical transformation of his repertoire.

— Franchesca Guim, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of surprised

Adjective

This audience listened in awed silence, and by the end of the song, everyone around us was crying as well, before jolting upward in a spontaneous standing ovation — one of three.

— James Gunn, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2026
Maxwell, a fiction editor at The New Yorker, drew upon his own awed discovery of France in 1948; the novel’s opening paragraphs show one of the protagonists weeping at the sight of the French shore.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

Definition of awed

Adjective

Gomez, 67, recalled, watching as responding officers pulled a horrified boy from the car.

— Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Greg O'Neill, 63, was swimming at Sorrento Beach in the northern suburbs of Perth in Western Australia on Friday when the attack happened in front of horrified beachgoers.

— Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of horrified

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But Iñárritu’s caricatures become people in a way Kubrick’s don’t; as the bewildered President, for example, John Goodman is simultaneously grounded and theatrical in his presentation, recalling his best work with the Coen brothers.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
Five o’clock Saturday, the Riverside Stadium and Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg is fist-pumping a half-bewildered but fully enthused home crowd.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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