Astonish

/əˈstɒnɪʃ/

Synonyms for "astonish" (140 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Verb(10 words)

amaze amazes astound astounded astounds awes awing bedazzled blown boggled

affright alarm amaze ambush astound awe awestrike bedaze bedazzle bewilder boggle

Adjective(3 words)

amazed astonied astounding

Noun(4 words)

bedazzling beggar beggars blows

Strong matches (42)

Verb(12 words)

boggles boggling bowled dazzled dazzles defies dumbfounds dumfound dumfounds flabbergast flabbergasts floored

Noun(7 words)

bowl bowls dazzling defying dumbfounding dumfounding floors

bowl downbowl overbreath bushwhackcatch off-guardcatch unawarescome from behindcome upon unexpectedlyconfound daze dazzledo the unexpecteddrop in ondumbfound dumbfounder electrify flabbergast floor

Adjective(5 words)

dumbfounded dumfounded fascinating flabbergasted flabbergasting

Related words (70)

Adjective(6 words)

genuine surpriseshocking stunned stunning stupefied surprising

Noun(19 words)

great surprisemarvel marveling marvell marvels nonplus nonpluses shocks spring staggering stupe stupefyingsurprise giftsurprise resultsurprises thunderclaps wonder wonders wows

Verb(18 words)

impressed jolted marveled nonplusing nonplussing overwhelms shock shocked shook smote staggers struck stun stupefies surprised wondered wowed wowing

jolt knock nonplus overwhelm paralyze perplex petrifypounce uponpull up shortrock shockspring a surprisespring uponstagger startlestrike deadstrike dumbstrike with wonderstun stupefy

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surprise taketake by surprisetake shorttake unawaresterrify

Interjection(1 words)

wow

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emotive verbsurprise

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4 entries

amaze flabbergast shock stun

Collocations

6 entries

audience audiences colleagues participants readers researchers

Inflections

3 entries

astonished astonishes astonishing

Derivations

3 entries

astonishing astonishingly astonishment

Sample sentences

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Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

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Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

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Some people never fail to astonish me.

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Astonish your friends by teaching your dog to do backflips!

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