different between marvel vs amazed

English

Alternative forms

• marvail, marvell (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested from 1300, from Middle English merveile, from Old French merveille (“a wonder”), from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, from Latin mirabilia (“wonderful things”), from neuter plural of mirabilis (“strange, wonderful”), from miror (“I wonder at”), from mirus (“wonderful”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m??vl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??vl?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)v?l
• Hyphenation: mar?vel

Noun

marvel (plural marvels)

1. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
2. Wonder, astonishment.

Derived terms

• marvelous, marvellous

Translations

Verb

marvel (third-person singular simple present marvels, present participle (UK) marvelling or (US) marveling, simple past and past participle (UK) marvelled or (US) marveled)

1. (intransitive) To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To marvel at.

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3. (obsolete, transitive, used impersonally) To cause to marvel or be surprised.
   • 15th century, Anonymous, Richard the Redeless

     But much now me marvelleth.

Translations

Anagrams

• vermal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??me?zd/

Adjective

amazed (comparative more amazed, superlative most amazed)

1. Astonished or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder; greatly surprised (often with ensuing adpositions e.g. at, with, or by).
   • 1590s, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream: III, ii

     I am amazed at your passionate words

   • 1610s, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline: IV, iii

     I am amazed with matter

   • 1917, Frederic Harrison, The Mill on the Floss. Vol. IX. Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction

     we are amazed by forked flashes of wisdom

   • And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:astonished

Translations

Verb

amazed

1. simple past tense and past participle of amaze

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “amazed”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language