| verb | affect with wonder “Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!” |
| verb | be a mystery or bewildering to “This beats me!” |
| adjective | filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock “an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation” |
| amazement | noun | the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising |
| astonishment | noun | the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising |
| puzzle | noun | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution |
| puzzlement | noun | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| puzzler | noun | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution |
| mystification | noun | something designed to mystify or bewilder |
| mystifier | noun | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution |
| mystery | noun | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained |
| bafflement | noun | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| poser | noun | a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem |
| bewilderment | noun | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| stupefaction | noun | a feeling of stupefied astonishment |