Astound

/əˈstaʊnd/

Synonyms for "astound" (59 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Verb(4 words)

amaze astonish amazes astonishes

abash addle amaze appall astonish awe awestrike

Adjective(1 words)

astonishing

Strong matches (18)

bedaze bedazzle bewilder bogglebowl downbowl overbreath confound daze dazzle discomfit disconcert dismay dumbfound dumbfounder

Verb(2 words)

dumfound dumfounds

Adjective(1 words)

dumfounded

Related words (29)

electrify flabbergast floor frighten jolt knock nonplus overwhelm paralyze perplex petrifyput outrock shock stagger startlestrike deadstrike dumbstrike with wonderstun

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stupefy surprise taketake aback

Verb(2 words)

flabbergasts stun

Noun(1 words)

marveling

Adjective(1 words)

stunned

Interjection(1 words)

wow

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1 entries

surprise

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2 entries

flabbergast stun

Collocations

5 entries

astounded byastounding evidenceastounding findingastounding resultastoundingly high

Inflections

3 entries

astounded astounding astounds

Derivations

2 entries

astounding astoundingly

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Foreigners astound me.

Source: tatoeba (380262)

When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.

Source: tatoeba (667919)

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

Source: tatoeba (7044550)

1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 8, These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The vertuous mind […]

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