Synonyms for maze

Grammar : Noun

Spell : meyz

Phonetic Transcription : meɪz

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Définition of maze

Origin : c.1300, "delusion, bewilderment" (also as a verb, "stupefy, daze"), possibly from Old English *mæs, which is suggested by the compound amasod "amazed" and verb amasian "to confound, confuse" (see amaze). Perhaps related to Norwegian dialectal mas "exhausting labor," Swedish masa "to be slow or sluggish." Meaning "labyrinth" first recorded late 14c.

noun labyrinth; confusion

Example sentences :

She was lost, for the instant, in a maze of disagreeable reflection.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

To him the winter passed in a maze of doubt and self-contempt.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

Paris was going on—all that muddle and maze of worried people.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

One of the first things he did to make himself famous was to build a maze.
Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd

The tug's hull was practically filled with a maze of machinery.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

"There was a lower roof and a maze of crisscross alleys," I muttered.
Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby

However much they pored over the map, it was still a maze of lines.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

There was no light in this dark place; there was no way out of this maze but to wait and suffer.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

Before saying a word he bent slightly and peered into the maze of mechanism.
Extract from : « We're Friends, Now » by Henry Hasse

The poor little brain went on wandering in a maze of its own making.
Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair

Antonyms for maze

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