1. (

• amaze ,
• astonish ,
• astound

) affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" ;

2. (

• perplex ,
• vex ,
• stick ,
• get ,
• puzzle ,
• mystify ,
• baffle ,
• beat ,
• pose ,
• bewilder ,
• flummox ,
• stupefy ,
• nonplus ,
• gravel ,
• amaze ,
• dumbfound

) be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me;

1. (

• amazing ,
• astonishing

) surprising greatly; "she does an amazing amount of work"; "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks" ;

2. (

• amazing ,
• awe-inspiring ,
• awesome ,
• awful ,
• awing

) inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" ;