Antonyms for amazement
əˈmeɪz məntamaze·ment

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1. amazement

   Amazement and astonishment both express the momentary overwhelming of the mind by that which is beyond expectation. Astonishment especially affects the emotions, amazement the intellect. Awe is the yielding of the mind to something supremely grand in character or formidable in power, and ranges from apprehension or dread to reverent worship. Admiration includes delight and regard. Surprise lies midway between astonishment and amazement, and usually respects matters of lighter consequence or such as are less startling in character. Amazement may be either pleasing or painful, as when induced by the grandeur of the mountains, or by the fury of the storm. We can say pleased surprise, but scarcely pleased astonishment. Amazement has in it something of confusion or bewilderment; but confusion and bewilderment may occur without amazement, as when a multitude of details require instant attention. Astonishment may be without bewilderment or confusion. Wonder is often pleasing, and may be continuous in view of that which surpasses our comprehension; as, the magnitude, order, and beauty of the heavens fill us with increasing wonder. Compare PERPLEXITY.

   Antonyms:
   anticipation, calmness, composure, coolness, expectation, indifference, preparation, self-possession, steadiness, stoicism

   Synonyms:
   admiration, astonishment, awe, bewilderment, confusion, perplexity, surprise, wonder

   Preposition:
   I was filled with amazement at such reckless daring.

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1. amazement

   Antonyms:
   expectation, preparation, anticipation, familiarity, calmness, composure, coolness, self-possession

   Synonyms:
   astonishment, awe, wonder, bewilderment, surprise, stupefication, marvel

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1. • Feeling

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1. astonishment, amazementnoun

   the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising

   "he looked at me in astonishment"

   Synonyms:
   astonishment

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1. amazementnoun

   Synonyms:
   astonishment, confusion, surprise, flabbergastation

How to use amazement in a sentence?

1. Karen Fox:

   It was pure amazement, i’m still amazed.

2. Janis Brett Elspas:

   On top of that, 10 years ago, I was rear-ended by a guy on his smartphone and can still picture my amazement when he got out of his car to survey the damage he caused without even removing the cell phone from his ear to stop the conversation he was having.

3. Bradley Ballantyne:

   I kept recording, and to my amazement the 'dead' animal got to its feet and they both ran away, the animals bolted past my car, I drove after them for a few seconds but they ran into thick bush and was unable to follow them.

4. Chuck Lorre:

   To my amazement Tom Werner said to me, ‘Well that was a noble failure. Let’s try something else,’ and I was shocked, because I thought my career was over.

5. Christopher Fry:

   Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement.

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