present participle of amaze
"The amazing crowd cheered wildly when the band finally took the stage."
In plain English: To make something seem wonderful or impressive by using magic or special skills.
"The magician amazing the crowd with his disappearing act."
Usage: Amazing is not used as a verb to mean something like "to surprise" in active sentences; it functions only as an adjective or the present participle of the verb amaze. You should say "The sight amazed me" rather than incorrectly using "amazing" as the main action word.
surprising greatly
"she does an amazing amount of work"
"the dog was capable of astonishing tricks"
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
"New York is an amazing city"
"the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"
"the awesome complexity of the universe"
"this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"
"Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"
Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising.
"The magician's final trick was so amazing that the entire audience gasped in sheer disbelief."
In plain English: Amazing means something so good or impressive that it really surprises and excites you.
"The magician's trick was truly amazing."
Usage: Use "amazing" to describe something that causes great surprise or wonder because it is exceptionally impressive or unusual. It functions as an adjective placed directly before a noun or after a linking verb like "is" to modify the subject.
The word amazing comes from combining the verb amaze with the suffix -ing. The root amaze traces back to Old English āmasian, where it originally meant "to astonish."