Astonish

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  • transitive verb. To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. synonym: surprise.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To stun, as with a blow; benumb; give a stupefying shock to.
  • To stun or strike dumb with sudden fear; confound.
  • To strike or impress with wonder, surprise, or admiration; surprise; amaze.
  • Synonyms Surprise, Amaze, etc. (see surprise); startle, shock.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow.
  • transitive verb. To strike with sudden fear, terror, or wonder; to amaze; to surprise greatly, as with something unaccountable; to confound with some sudden emotion or passion.
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  • verb. surprise, flabbergast
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. affect with wonder
    • Word Usage
    "He hid himself, and worked always to astonish, which is an egotism, and therefore little."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    surprise  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    dazzle  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    admonish  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    astound  considerable  extraordinary  marvellous  startle  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    affright  alarm  amaze  amaze  ambush  
    verb-form
    astonished  astonishes  astonishing  
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