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UK
/ɐmˈeɪzɪŋ/
]
[ US /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ ]
[ US /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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surprising greatly
she does an amazing amount of work
the dog was capable of astonishing tricks -
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight
the awesome complexity of the universe
New York is an amazing city
this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath
Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent
How To Use amazing In A Sentence
- I love the way Sarajevans express themselves; it's a kind of world-weary, mordant wit overlying an amazing ability to absorb and survive great suffering. A Conversation with Geraldine Brooks about People of the Book
- At one point a couple of years ago, he says, he thought about ending it all, going out after one last amazing, self-destructive bender.
- I'’m bored" is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless; it goes on forever, inwardly, do you understand? The fact that you’re alive is amazing, so you don’t get to say "I’m bored.". Louis C.K.
- With a stage presence as big as her amazing costumes, her ad-libs and one-liners had the audience in raptures.
- Then take a well-earned rest and relax with all the other amazing puzzles on offer. The Sun
- What's amazing about director Leonard Kastle's style is his ability to leap between camp and genuine moments of terror during the murder scenes.
- Other amazing samples from the plant world will be revealed to the children, including plants with armbands to help them swim and meat-eating plants like the Pitcher plant, which is on loan from Cardiff University.
- The family made the amazing find while on a nature ramble in the woods.
- I realised you don't need to make the most amazing sauce with ten layers of flavour: food can be simple and beautiful. Times, Sunday Times
- It's amazing how many reluctant spouses become addicted after this gentle introduction.