perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
(verb) 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”
amaze, astonish, astound
(verb) affect with wonder; “Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
amaze (third-person singular simple present amazes, present participle amazing, simple past and past participle amazed)
(transitive) To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex. [from 16th c.]
(intransitive) To undergo amazement; to be astounded.
(obsolete) To stupefy; to knock unconscious. [13th-17th c.]
(obsolete) To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.
(obsolete) To terrify, to fill with panic. [16th-18th c.]
amaze (uncountable)
(now poetic) Amazement, astonishment. [from 16th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
A*maze", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Amazing.] Etym: [Pref. a- + maze.]
1. To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze. [Obs.] A labyrinth to amaze his foes. Shak.
2. To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly. "Amazing Europe with her wit." Goldsmith. And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David Matt. xii. 23.
Syn.
– To astonish; astound; confound; bewilder; perplex; surprise.
– Amaze, Astonish. Amazement includes the notion of bewilderment of difficulty accompanied by surprise. It expresses a state in which one does not know what to do, or to say, or to think. Hence we are amazed at what we can not in the least account for. Astonishment also implies surprise. It expresses a state in which one is stunned by the vastness or greatness of something, or struck with some degree of horror, as when one is overpowered by the
A*maze", v. i.
Definition: To be astounded. [Archaic] B. Taylor.
A*maze", v. t.
Definition: Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement. [Chiefly poetic] The wild, bewildered Of one to stone converted by amaze. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
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