Amazement
(noun)
- A feeling of great surprise and admiration.
- Feeling of wonder and admiration.
Origin:
Middle english: from old french amaisement, from amaiser "to amaze", based on latin admiratio(n-), from admirari "to wonder at".
Examples:
- She looked at him in amazement.
- The audience was filled with amazement at the magician's tricks.
- The child's curiosity and amazement at the world around him was infectious.
- The visitors were filled with amazement at the beauty of the cathedral.
- He was filled with amazement at the scale of the project.