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# amazed

adjective (amazed); verb form (past of amaze: amaze, amazes, amazed, amazing)

«amazed» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Amazed means very surprised, often in a happy way, because something is wonderful or hard to believe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazed/#m1)
2. Amazed is also the past form of «amaze»: something amazed you when it surprised you greatly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazed/#m2)

### In the lessons

Very common in stories and in everyday speech to show strong surprise; it tells the reader a character could hardly believe what happened. In science, pupils are «amazed» by experiments. Phrases: «amazed at/by», «amazed that…», «amazed to see», «I'm amazed».

### Examples

- I was amazed by the magic trick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazed/#x1)
- We were amazed to see a whale near the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazed/#x2)
- She was amazed that she had won the prize. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazed/#x3)
- The fireworks amazed everyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazed/#x4)
- Dad looked amazed when I tidied my room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazed/#x5)
- The class was amazed when the volcano model erupted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazed/#x6)
- I'm amazed you finished the puzzle so fast! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazed/#x7)
- Aladdin was so amazed that he could not say a word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazed/#x8)

### Note

Amazed (how you feel) vs amazing (what causes the feeling): «I was amazed; the show was amazing». Followed by «at», «by», «to + verb», or «that». Stronger than «surprised». Spelling: drop e and add -ed.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means struck dumb with shock or fear, as when Job's friends run out of words or kings flee in terror at God's city. In the primary lessons: Very common in stories and in everyday speech to show strong surprise; it tells the reader a character could hardly believe what happened. In science, pupils are «amazed» by experiments. Phrases: «amazed at/by», «amazed that…», «amazed to see», «I'm amazed».

### Examples

- They are amazed, they answer no more; words are departed from them. (Writings JOB.32.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/#x1)
- They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away. (Writings PSA.48.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/#x2)
- Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye exceeding amazed, saith the LORD. (Prophets JER.2.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/#x3)

### Note

Amazed (how you feel) vs amazing (what causes the feeling): «I was amazed; the show was amazing». Followed by «at», «by», «to + verb», or «that». Stronger than «surprised». Spelling: drop e and add -ed.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «amazed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«amazed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/amazed.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «amazed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«amazed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/amazed.html) on Mova free.