astonish
21astonish — verb surprise or impress greatly. Derivatives astonishing adjective astonishingly adverb astonishment noun Origin C16: from obs. astone stun, stupefy , from OFr. estoner, based on L. ex out + tonare to thunder …
22astonish — v. a. Amaze, surprise, startle, astound, confound, stagger, stupefy, daze, stun, dumfounder, overwhelm, astony, strike dumb, strike with wonder, petrify with wonder …
23astonish — verb (T) to surprise someone very much: Diana astonished her family by winning three competitions in a row. | what astonishes someone is: What astonishes me most is his complete lack of fear …
24astonish — verb the NYPD astonished many with the success of its aggressive crime fighting tactics Syn: amaze, astound, stagger, surprise, startle, stun, confound, dumbfound, strike dumb, boggle, stupefy, daze, shock, take aback, leave open mouthed, leave… …
25astonish — v amaze, astound, surprise, dumbfound, Inf. flabbergast. See astound …
26astonish — as·ton·ish …
27astonish — verb Syn: amaze, astound, stagger, startle, stun, confound, dumbfound, nonplus, take aback, leave open mouthed; informal flabbergast, bowl over; Brit.; informal knock for six …
28astonish — [əˈstɒnɪʃ] verb [T] to surprise someone very much …
29astonish — as•ton•ish [[t]əˈstɒn ɪʃ[/t]] v. t. to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder • Etymology: 1525–35; ME astonyen, astonen, prob. < dial. OF *astoner, OF estoner < VL *extonāre, for L attonāre to strike with a thunderbolt <… …
30astonish — /əˈstɒnɪʃ / (say uh stonish) verb (t) to strike with sudden and overpowering wonder; surprise greatly; amaze. {earlier astony, ? Old English āstunian, intensive of stunian resound. Compare astound, stun} –astonisher, noun …
