To my amazement, it disappeared in an instant.
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Amazement
//əˈmeɪz.mənt//
Synonyms for "amazement" (41 found)
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39 translations across 22 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- θάμβος noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- təəccüb noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изумяване noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
- слисване noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
- смайване noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
- удивление noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 神奇 noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Czech
2 entries- ohromení noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
- úžas noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Dutch
1 entries- verwondering noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Esperanto
1 entries- miro noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Finnish
1 entries- ällistys noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
French
2 entries- stupeur noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
- stupéfaction noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
German
2 entries- Staunen noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
- Verwunderung noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Greek
1 entries- κατάπληξη noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Hindi
1 entries- अचंभा noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Manx
1 entries- ard-yindys noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Māori
1 entries- māharotanga noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شاشقینلق noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Polish
1 entries- zdumienie noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Portuguese
4 entries- assombro noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
- espanto noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
- fascinação noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
- fascínio noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Romanian
4 entries- stupefacție noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
- stupoare noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
- surprindere noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
- uimire noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Russian
2 entries- изумле́ние noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
- удивле́ние noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Spanish
3 entries- asombramiento (disused) noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
- asombro noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
- sorpresa noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Swedish
1 entries- förundran noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Tagalog
1 entries- paghanga noun (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
He was in open-mouthed amazement.
Source: tatoeba (34766)
I blinked in amazement at the unexpected development.
Source: tatoeba (263645)
To his amazement, the door opened all by itself.
Source: tatoeba (283544)
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