different between pleased vs amazed

English

Etymology

From Middle English plesed, iplesed (past participle) and Middle English plesede (preterit), both equivalent to please +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pli?zd/

Adjective

pleased (comparative more pleased, superlative most pleased)

1. happy, content

Synonyms

• content
• happy
• satisfied

Translations

Verb

pleased

1. simple past tense and past participle of please

Anagrams

• delapse, elapsed, sepaled

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