amazement

/əˈmeɪz.mənt/

Etymology

From amaze + -ment.

amazement means The condition of being amazed; a state of overwhelming wonder, as from surprise or sudden fear, horror, or admiration; a feeling of intense astonishment or awe, as from witnessing something incredible and impressive. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 71 out of 100.

Why this word is great

AMAZEMENT — [Noun] A state of overwhelming wonder, astonishment, or awe, typically caused by something surprising, impressive, or incredible. From the verb 'amaze' (from Middle English 'amasen', meaning 'to bewilder, stun') + the noun-forming suffix '-ment' (from Old French, from Latin '-mentum'). Unlike "wonder" (which suggests a slow, contemplative unfurling) or "astonishment" (which can be the static shock of the purely dreadful), amazement is a thunderclap of positive awe, a cognitive arrest that feels like being remade. It is the sudden, vertiginous silence after fireworks have burst against the night; the staggering verticality of a redwood canopy; the infant’s unblinking stare at a world not yet named—a momentary shattering of the ordinary, after which nothing looks quite the same.

noun

The condition of being amazed; a state of overwhelming wonder, as from surprise or sudden fear, horror, or admiration; a feeling of intense astonishment or awe, as from witnessing something incredible and impressive.“We stared in amazement at the skills on display.”
A particular feeling of wonder, surprise, fear, or horror.“Were believers thoroughly persuaded of what God meaneth, by these things, they would not be so liable to those frights and amazements which distract and disturb them.”
Something which amazes.“So impossible did it seem that such an amazement of horse-flesh could ever be hers.”
Madness, frenzy.