| amaze | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. amaze, astonish, astound | affect with wonder.; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" |
| ~ dazzle | amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill.; "Her arguments dazzled everyone"; "The dancer dazzled the audience with his turns and jumps" |
| ~ surprise | cause to be surprised.; "The news really surprised me" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex | be a mystery or bewildering to.; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" |
| ~ stump, mix up | cause to be perplexed or confounded.; "This problem stumped her" |
| ~ befuddle, confound, bedevil, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw | be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" |
| ~ riddle | set a difficult problem or riddle.; "riddle me a riddle" |
| ~ elude, escape | be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by.; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" |
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| wonder | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. admiration, wonder, wonderment | the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising. |
| ~ amazement, astonishment | the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising.; "he looked at me in astonishment" |
| ~ awe | an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.; "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe" |
| n. (event) | 2. marvel, wonder | something that causes feelings of wonder.; "the wonders of modern science" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. curiosity, wonder | a state in which you want to learn more about something. |
| ~ cognitive state, state of mind | the state of a person's cognitive processes. |
| ~ desire to know, lust for learning, thirst for knowledge | curiosity that motivates investigation and study. |
| ~ interest, involvement | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something.; "an interest in music" |
| ~ curiousness, inquisitiveness | a state of active curiosity. |
| v. (cognition) | 4. enquire, inquire, wonder | have a wish or desire to know something.; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church" |
| ~ query, question | pose a question. |
| ~ request | inquire for (information).; "I requested information from the secretary" |
| v. (communication) | 5. question, wonder | place in doubt or express doubtful speculation.; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight" |
| ~ chew over, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, think over, excogitate, reflect, ruminate, speculate, contemplate | reflect deeply on a subject.; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" |
| ~ scruple | have doubts about. |
| v. (communication) | 6. marvel, wonder | be amazed at.; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities" |
| ~ react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something. |
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