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Definition of Amazement
Amazement

The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration.

Frenzy; madness.

Related Definitions:
Admiration, Amazed, As, Being, Bewilderment, Condition, Fear, Frenzy, From, Horror, Madness, Of, Or, Overwhelming, Sudden, Surprise, The, Wonder


Amazement Quotations

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.
Maya Angelou

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
Plato

I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement.
Fred Allen

When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
Mary Oliver

People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.
David Attenborough

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