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How to use 'Amazing'?

Posted by Unregistered · February 14, 2005 · 5 replies

Can I use amazing to describe bad things or is amazing only for good things?

Thank you.

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It depends on context.

I saw an amazing movie yesterday.

We would assume the movie was very good indeed, however:

The movie was so bad I was amazed. It was amazingly bad. It was amazing how bad the movie was.

Is using amazing to mean very very bad.

Unregistered OP

Thank you for your help, gobfrey.

Unregistered wrote:Thank you for your help, gobfrey.

Amazing how you managed to post without registering 😉

this is the only forum where registration is not necessary.

That is really amazing!

Amazing indeed!