AMAZE
What does "AMAZE" mean?
To fill someone with great surprise or wonder; to astonish.
Meanings
- To overwhelm with wonder or astonishment. The sheer scale of the canyon amazed everyone who saw it.
Did you know?
- To be 'amazed' is, by origin, to be lost in a 'maze': both words come from the same Old English root, and the earliest sense was bewilderment, not delight - the stunned confusion of someone who can't find the way out.
Word origin
From Old English 'āmasian' (to confound, bewilder), the source of 'maze' as well — to amaze once meant to leave someone lost as if in a maze, stunned and unable to find their way.
Remember it
AMAZE = A + MAZE: wonder so big it leaves you lost in a maze.
A little poem
First snow on the field-
the child stops, forgets her name,
amazed into still.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why was the hedge labyrinth so impressive? It never failed to a-maze its visitors.
What it teaches
Wonder and bewilderment are the same doorway; to be amazed is to admit, briefly, that you are lost.
Quick facts
What does AMAZE mean?
To fill someone with great surprise or wonder; to astonish.
Is AMAZE a valid word?
Yes — AMAZE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is AMAZE?
AMAZE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does AMAZE come from?
From Old English 'āmasian' (to confound, bewilder), the source of 'maze' as well — to amaze once meant to leave someone lost as if in a maze, stunned and unable to find their way.
What can AMAZE teach us?
Wonder and bewilderment are the same doorway; to be amazed is to admit, briefly, that you are lost.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.