amazing
//əˈmeɪzɪŋ//
informalForms
- Comparative
- more amazing
- Superlative
- most amazing
Definitions
1.present participle and gerund of amaze
- Sheffield is an amazing athlete, how much of the amazing is provided from the Chemlab.
- The amazing is that, in EXACTLY the same situation, the demo2 doesn't show this problem.
- Amazing is judged relative what already exists, and Quake has the best underwater effects so far.
1.Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising.
- “It’s been amazing, the amount of emails and congratulations,” the Snow White and the Huntsman star, 36, told Ryan Seacrest Friday on his radio show.
2.Possessing uniquely wonderful qualities; very good.(informal)
- “I didn’t think I would be a fan of the swaddling, but the swaddling’s pretty amazing,” she says.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1369
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From amaze + -ing
From Old English āmasian.