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amazement

noun US /əˈmeɪzmənt/

the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,685 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,211 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising also: astonishment he looked at me in astonishment

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

amazement in real books

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  • With blank amazement they looked at each other.

    Under Drake's Flag · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1

  • Instead with a dawning amazement he watched Carlos Paredes stroll into view.

    The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1

  • Mag raised her eyes, full of amazement, and uttered a sonorous "What?"

    Our Nig · Harriet E. Wilson · Chapter 1

  • Mr. Stiles threw himself back in his chair and eyed him with amazement.

    Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1

  • Her mother and her brother were gazing at her with a look of blank amazement.

    Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1

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