To my astonishment, my money was gone.
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Astonishment
/əˈstɑːnɪʃmənt/
Synonyms for "astonishment" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Noun(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
big surprise
Strong matches (18)
Noun(9 words)
Adjective(1 words)
genuine surprise
Related words (30)
Noun(15 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Interjection(1 words)
Related word relations
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6 entriesCollocations
5 entriesgreat astonishmentprofound astonishmentpublic astonishmentsheer astonishmentutter astonishment
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
8 translations across 7 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- বিস্ময় noun (amazing thing)
Finnish
1 entries- kummallisuus noun (amazing thing)
Malayalam
1 entries- വിസ്മയം noun (amazing thing)
Polish
1 entries- dziw noun (amazing thing)
Portuguese
1 entries- surpresa noun (amazing thing)
Swedish
1 entries- överraskning noun (amazing thing)
Turkish
2 entries- sürpriz noun (amazing thing)
- şaşırtı noun (amazing thing)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
Between astonishment and sorrow, she could not speak a word.
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Astonishment deprived me of speech.
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To everyone's astonishment, Mike won first prize in the speech contest.
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