Definitions for amazing
əˈmeɪ zɪŋamaz·ing

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. amazing, astonishingadjective

   surprising greatly

   "she does an amazing amount of work"; "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks"

2. amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awingadjective

   inspiring awe or admiration or wonder

   "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"

Wiktionary(4.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. amazingadjective

   Causing wonder and amazement; possessing uniquely wonderful qualities.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Amazing

   of Amaze

2. Amazingadjective

   causing amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace

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1. amazing

   Causing feelings of joy and inspiration.

   They viewed the water-show on the Riverbank and thought it was amazing therefore they shared their video they made of it.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2015  

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'amazing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2098

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'amazing' in Adjectives Frequency: #637

How to pronounce amazing?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of amazing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of amazing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of amazing in a Sentence

1. Jimmy Featherstone:

   I just think he’s plastic fantastic and looks amazing.

2. Joel Dunn:

   It has become this really amazing mecca for wildlife, you've got these osprey nests on the front of the boats, and heron rookeries, bats breeding in the hull of the ships -- it's a really rich wildlife and historical location.

3. Stephen Curry:

   It's all about whatever you represent, in terms of your upbringing and your experience in life. Everybody knows the amazing opportunities that basketball creates in terms of the platform that you have, you've got to find different ways to use it. For him that's a great thing to do, to try to make an impact and be inspirational and maybe change the course of somebody's life in some way.

4. Marie Osmond:

   And then, I realized because I'm a thinker, why did God give me these great brothers and why did he give me this amazing father ? and truly they changed my opinion of men, which made me feel that it was something I was going through.

5. Jonathan Hernandez:

   I remember (Aaron) wanted to be a cheerleader. My cousins were cheerleaders and amazing, and I remember coming home and like my dad put an end to that really quick. And it was not OK. My dad made it clear that ... he had his definition of a man.

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