amaze

Verb
  1. Affect with wonder (synset 200726794)
    "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"
    hypernym: surprise - cause to be surprised
    hyponym: dazzle - amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill
    synonym: astonish, astound
  2. Be a mystery or bewildering to (synset 200624056)
    "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
    hypernym: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
    hyponym:
    • mix up, stump - cause to be perplexed or confounded
    • riddle - set a difficult problem or riddle
    • elude, escape - be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
    synonym: baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex

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