See amazing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for amazing meaning in English (15.3kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "amaze",
"3": "ing"
},
"expansion": "amaze + -ing",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "āmasian"
},
"expansion": "Old English āmasian",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "amaze + -ing, from Old English āmasian.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "amazing",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "20 24 56",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 29 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ing",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1848, John Bunyan, Robert Philip, The Greatness of the Soul: And the Unspeakableness of the Loss Thereof, T. Nelson, page 29",
"text": "How many things have men found out to the amazing of one another, to the wonderment of one another, to the begetting of endless commendations of one another in the world",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1996 August 5, Tim Behrendsen, “Tim Behrendsen Lost and Spaced THE FINAL TRY”, in rec.games.computer.quake.misc (Usenet)",
"text": "Amazing is judged relative what already exists, and Quake has the best underwater effects so far.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1997 November 30, Sir Frederick, “Pro-Mormons are amazing also”, in alt.religion.mormon.fellowship (Usenet)",
"text": "Reality, especially God's Reality is amazing. For instance that there is something rather than nothing is amazing. [...] Amazing is amazing.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1999 July 13, Irma Dobkin, Mary Jo Peterson, Gracious Spaces, McGraw-Hill Professional, page xix",
"text": "The amazing is happening.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2000 March 24, Shadow, “Return of the Fulgore Rant!”, in alt.fan.dragons (Usenet)",
"text": "All that is impossibly amazing is considered nothing, and the impossibly amazing is considered normal.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2001 February 3, Brian, “D3 weird FPS”, in alt.games.descent (Usenet)",
"text": "The amazing is that, in EXACTLY the same situation, the demo2 doesn't show this problem.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2003 June 23, Thomas Bernhard, Three Novellas, University of Chicago Press, page 31",
"text": "Everything that amazes has its method, until we notice that the amazing is not amazing, has no method.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2004 October 23, MgClearwater, “George says: Joe and Brian stay..”, in alt.sports.baseball.ny-yankees (Usenet)",
"text": "Sheffield is an amazing athlete, how much of the amazing is provided from the Chemlab.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "2006 May 16, Simon Baird, \"monkeyGTD is amazing- a few questions and suggestions\", GTD TiddlyWiki, Google goups\nCool! Of course 99% of the amazing is due to the \"powered by TiddlyWiki\" part of MonkeyGTD.. :)"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "amaze"
}
],
"glosses": [
"present participle and gerund of amaze"
],
"id": "en-amazing-en-verb-yV-7cbN~",
"links": [
[
"amaze",
"amaze#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"gerund",
"participle",
"present"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/əˈmeɪzɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[əˈmeɪ̯zɪŋ]",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪzɪŋ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-amazing.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/En-us-amazing.ogg/En-us-amazing.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/En-us-amazing.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "ə-mā'zĭng"
}
],
"word": "amazing"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "amazingly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "amazingness"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "awesomazing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "unamazing"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "amaze",
"3": "ing"
},
"expansion": "amaze + -ing",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "āmasian"
},
"expansion": "Old English āmasian",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "amaze + -ing, from Old English āmasian.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more amazing",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most amazing",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "amazing (comparative more amazing, superlative most amazing)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "amazement"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012 March 16, “Charlize Theron Says Swaddling’s ‘Pretty Amazing’”, in People Magazine",
"text": "“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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising."
],
"id": "en-amazing-en-adj-nn7s6qyw",
"links": [
[
"wonder",
"wonder"
],
[
"amazement",
"amazement"
],
[
"surprising",
"surprising"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mudhiš",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "مُدْهِش"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muḏhil",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "مُذْهِل"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ajp",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵurāfi",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"tags": [
"South-Levantine-Arabic"
],
"word": "خرافي"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "ğəjəp",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "ғәжәп"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "aptırarlıq",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "аптырарлыҡ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "iś kitkes",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "иҫ киткес"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dzíŭny",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "дзі́ўны"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dzivósny",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "дзіво́сны"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "čaróŭny",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "чаро́ўны"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "udivitelen",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "удивителен"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smajvašt",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "смайващ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīngcǎi",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "精彩"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "liǎobuqǐ",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "了不起"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "úžasný"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "ohromující"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "wonderbaarlijk"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "prachtig"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "verbluffend"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "mirinda"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "hämmästyttävä"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "étonnant"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saocari",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "საოცარი"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saḳvirveli",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "საკვირველი"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "erstaunlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "unglaublich"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "verwunderlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "sildaleiks",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ekpliktikós",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "εκπληκτικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "madhím",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מַדְהִים"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "meraviglioso"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "sorprendente"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "sbalorditivo"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"alt": "おどろくべき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "odoroku-beki",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "驚くべき"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"alt": "すごい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sugoi",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "凄い"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "mīrus"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "mirabilis"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "ard-yindyssagh"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "gajxaltaj",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "гайхалтай"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "acammako",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "अचम्मको"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "forbløffende"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "zdumiewający"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "surpreendente"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "uimitor"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "extraordinar"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izumítelʹnyj",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "изуми́тельный"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "porazítelʹnyj",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "порази́тельный"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vosxitítelʹnyj",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "восхити́тельный"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "asombroso"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "sorprendente"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "häpnadsväckande"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "şaşırtıcı"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dývnyj",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "ди́вний"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čudóvyj",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "чудо́вий"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dyvovýžnyj",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "дивови́жний"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "tuyệt vời"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012 March 16, “Charlize Theron Says Swaddling’s ‘Pretty Amazing’”, in People Magazine",
"text": "“I didn’t think I would be a fan of the swaddling, but the swaddling’s pretty amazing,” she says.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "2014, November 6, WAAY-TV (Huntsville, AL), VIDEO: \"Sitting next to him was amazing\" says student of General Via\n\"I think it was pretty amazing that he picked our school out of a lot of schools to come speak to us about what he has done, and what our country has done, to help us gain our freedom,\" Mucci said, “sitting next to him was amazing.”"
},
{
"text": "2014, November 8, Nick McCarvel, \"Wozniacki's marathon debut was amazing, Djokovic says\", USA TODAY Sports\n\"Running a marathon is definitely an amazing experience.\""
},
{
"text": "2015 June 10, Lindsey Bever, Morning Mix: Another reason seeing-eye dogs are amazing:",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Possessing uniquely wonderful qualities; very good."
],
"id": "en-amazing-en-adj-ktHsRZ13",
"links": [
[
"uniquely",
"uniquely"
],
[
"wonderful",
"wonderful"
],
[
"good",
"good"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Possessing uniquely wonderful qualities; very good."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "mieletön"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "formidable"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "super"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "extraordinaire"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "sensationnel"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saocari",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "საოცარი"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "toll"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "super"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "unglaublich"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "formidabile"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "extraordinar"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/əˈmeɪzɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[əˈmeɪ̯zɪŋ]",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪzɪŋ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-amazing.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/En-us-amazing.ogg/En-us-amazing.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/En-us-amazing.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "ə-mā'zĭng"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "awesome"
}
],
"word": "amazing"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 3-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms suffixed with -ing",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verb forms",
"Rhymes:English/eɪzɪŋ",
"Rhymes:English/eɪzɪŋ/3 syllables"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "amaze",
"3": "ing"
},
"expansion": "amaze + -ing",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "āmasian"
},
"expansion": "Old English āmasian",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "amaze + -ing, from Old English āmasian.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "amazing",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1848, John Bunyan, Robert Philip, The Greatness of the Soul: And the Unspeakableness of the Loss Thereof, T. Nelson, page 29",
"text": "How many things have men found out to the amazing of one another, to the wonderment of one another, to the begetting of endless commendations of one another in the world",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1996 August 5, Tim Behrendsen, “Tim Behrendsen Lost and Spaced THE FINAL TRY”, in rec.games.computer.quake.misc (Usenet)",
"text": "Amazing is judged relative what already exists, and Quake has the best underwater effects so far.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1997 November 30, Sir Frederick, “Pro-Mormons are amazing also”, in alt.religion.mormon.fellowship (Usenet)",
"text": "Reality, especially God's Reality is amazing. For instance that there is something rather than nothing is amazing. [...] Amazing is amazing.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1999 July 13, Irma Dobkin, Mary Jo Peterson, Gracious Spaces, McGraw-Hill Professional, page xix",
"text": "The amazing is happening.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2000 March 24, Shadow, “Return of the Fulgore Rant!”, in alt.fan.dragons (Usenet)",
"text": "All that is impossibly amazing is considered nothing, and the impossibly amazing is considered normal.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2001 February 3, Brian, “D3 weird FPS”, in alt.games.descent (Usenet)",
"text": "The amazing is that, in EXACTLY the same situation, the demo2 doesn't show this problem.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2003 June 23, Thomas Bernhard, Three Novellas, University of Chicago Press, page 31",
"text": "Everything that amazes has its method, until we notice that the amazing is not amazing, has no method.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2004 October 23, MgClearwater, “George says: Joe and Brian stay..”, in alt.sports.baseball.ny-yankees (Usenet)",
"text": "Sheffield is an amazing athlete, how much of the amazing is provided from the Chemlab.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "2006 May 16, Simon Baird, \"monkeyGTD is amazing- a few questions and suggestions\", GTD TiddlyWiki, Google goups\nCool! Of course 99% of the amazing is due to the \"powered by TiddlyWiki\" part of MonkeyGTD.. :)"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "amaze"
}
],
"glosses": [
"present participle and gerund of amaze"
],
"links": [
[
"amaze",
"amaze#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"gerund",
"participle",
"present"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/əˈmeɪzɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[əˈmeɪ̯zɪŋ]",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪzɪŋ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-amazing.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/En-us-amazing.ogg/En-us-amazing.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/En-us-amazing.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "ə-mā'zĭng"
}
],
"word": "amazing"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 3-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms suffixed with -ing",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verb forms",
"Rhymes:English/eɪzɪŋ",
"Rhymes:English/eɪzɪŋ/3 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "amazingly"
},
{
"word": "amazingness"
},
{
"word": "awesomazing"
},
{
"word": "unamazing"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "amaze",
"3": "ing"
},
"expansion": "amaze + -ing",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "āmasian"
},
"expansion": "Old English āmasian",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "amaze + -ing, from Old English āmasian.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more amazing",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most amazing",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "amazing (comparative more amazing, superlative most amazing)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "amazement"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012 March 16, “Charlize Theron Says Swaddling’s ‘Pretty Amazing’”, in People Magazine",
"text": "“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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising."
],
"links": [
[
"wonder",
"wonder"
],
[
"amazement",
"amazement"
],
[
"surprising",
"surprising"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012 March 16, “Charlize Theron Says Swaddling’s ‘Pretty Amazing’”, in People Magazine",
"text": "“I didn’t think I would be a fan of the swaddling, but the swaddling’s pretty amazing,” she says.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "2014, November 6, WAAY-TV (Huntsville, AL), VIDEO: \"Sitting next to him was amazing\" says student of General Via\n\"I think it was pretty amazing that he picked our school out of a lot of schools to come speak to us about what he has done, and what our country has done, to help us gain our freedom,\" Mucci said, “sitting next to him was amazing.”"
},
{
"text": "2014, November 8, Nick McCarvel, \"Wozniacki's marathon debut was amazing, Djokovic says\", USA TODAY Sports\n\"Running a marathon is definitely an amazing experience.\""
},
{
"text": "2015 June 10, Lindsey Bever, Morning Mix: Another reason seeing-eye dogs are amazing:",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Possessing uniquely wonderful qualities; very good."
],
"links": [
[
"uniquely",
"uniquely"
],
[
"wonderful",
"wonderful"
],
[
"good",
"good"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Possessing uniquely wonderful qualities; very good."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/əˈmeɪzɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[əˈmeɪ̯zɪŋ]",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪzɪŋ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-amazing.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/En-us-amazing.ogg/En-us-amazing.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/En-us-amazing.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "ə-mā'zĭng"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "awesome"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mudhiš",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "مُدْهِش"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muḏhil",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "مُذْهِل"
},
{
"code": "ajp",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵurāfi",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"tags": [
"South-Levantine-Arabic"
],
"word": "خرافي"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "ğəjəp",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "ғәжәп"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "aptırarlıq",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "аптырарлыҡ"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "iś kitkes",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "иҫ киткес"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dzíŭny",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "дзі́ўны"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dzivósny",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "дзіво́сны"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "čaróŭny",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "чаро́ўны"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "udivitelen",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "удивителен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smajvašt",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "смайващ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīngcǎi",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "精彩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "liǎobuqǐ",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "了不起"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "úžasný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "ohromující"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "wonderbaarlijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "prachtig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "verbluffend"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "mirinda"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "hämmästyttävä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "étonnant"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saocari",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "საოცარი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saḳvirveli",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "საკვირველი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "erstaunlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "unglaublich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "verwunderlich"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "sildaleiks",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ekpliktikós",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "εκπληκτικός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "madhím",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מַדְהִים"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "meraviglioso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "sorprendente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "sbalorditivo"
},
{
"alt": "おどろくべき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "odoroku-beki",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "驚くべき"
},
{
"alt": "すごい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sugoi",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "凄い"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "mīrus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "mirabilis"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "ard-yindyssagh"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "gajxaltaj",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "гайхалтай"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "acammako",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "अचम्मको"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "forbløffende"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "zdumiewający"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "surpreendente"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "uimitor"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "extraordinar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izumítelʹnyj",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "изуми́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "porazítelʹnyj",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "порази́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vosxitítelʹnyj",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "восхити́тельный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "asombroso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "sorprendente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "häpnadsväckande"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "şaşırtıcı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dývnyj",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "ди́вний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čudóvyj",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "чудо́вий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dyvovýžnyj",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "дивови́жний"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "causing wonder and amazement",
"word": "tuyệt vời"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "mieletön"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "formidable"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "super"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "extraordinaire"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "sensationnel"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saocari",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "საოცარი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "toll"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "super"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "unglaublich"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "formidabile"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "possessing uniquely wonderful qualities",
"word": "extraordinar"
}
],
"word": "amazing"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.