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amazements

amazements is the plural of amazement.

Meaning of amazement

Noun

amazement (countable and uncountable, plural amazements)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being amazed; a state of overwhelming wonder, as from surprise or sudden fear, horror, or admiration; a feeling of intense astonishment or awe, as from witnessing something incredible and impressive.
    • We stared in amazement at the skills on display.
  2. (archaic, countable) A particular feeling of wonder, surprise, fear, or horror.
    • Were believers thoroughly persuaded of what God meaneth, by these things, they would not be so liable to those frights and amazements which distract and disturb them.1682, Samuel Willard, The fiery tryal no strange thing, Boston: Samuel Sewell, page 16
  3. (countable, dated) Something which amazes.
    • So impossible did it seem that such an amazement of horse-flesh could ever be hers.1913, Jack London, chapter 21, in The Valley of the Moon
  4. (obsolete) Madness, frenzy.

Questions about amazements

What is amazements the plural of?
Amazements is the plural of amazement.

Words near amazements in the dictionary

  1. amazed
  2. amazedly
  3. amazedness
  4. amazeful
  5. amazement
  6. amazements
  7. amazes
  8. amazest
  9. amazeth
  10. amazia
  11. Amaziah

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