amazed

«amazed» in Mova's judaism dictionary: very surprised, often in a happy way, because something… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (amazed); verb form (past of amaze: amaze, amazes, amazed, amazing)

meaning for a pupil

1) Amazed means very surprised, often in a happy way, because something is wonderful or hard to believe. tree →

2) Amazed is also the past form of «amaze»: something amazed you when it surprised you greatly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means struck dumb with shock or fear, as when Job's friends run out of words or kings flee in terror at God's city. In the primary lessons: Very common in stories and in everyday speech to show strong surprise; it tells the reader a character could hardly believe what happened. In science, pupils are «amazed» by experiments. Phrases: «amazed at/by», «amazed that…», «amazed to see», «I'm amazed».

examples

• They are amazed, they answer no more; words are departed from them. (Writings JOB.32.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away. (Writings PSA.48.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye exceeding amazed, saith the LORD. (Prophets JER.2.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• I was amazed by the magic trick. tree →
• We were amazed to see a whale near the beach. tree →
• She was amazed that she had won the prize. tree →
• The fireworks amazed everyone. tree →
• Dad looked amazed when I tidied my room. tree →
• The class was amazed when the volcano model erupted. tree →
• I'm amazed you finished the puzzle so fast! tree →
• Aladdin was so amazed that he could not say a word. tree →

note

Amazed (how you feel) vs amazing (what causes the feeling): «I was amazed; the show was amazing». Followed by «at», «by», «to + verb», or «that». Stronger than «surprised». Spelling: drop e and add -ed.

In the corpora

• And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were amazed; for they saw that evil was come upon them.
• Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye exceeding amazed, saith the LORD.
• They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away.
• They are amazed, they answer no more; words are departed from them.
• Hooke's book Micrographia amazed readers with huge drawings of fleas and lice.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «amazed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.