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verb
- 1. surprise or impress (someone) greatly: "you never fail to astonish me"
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The meaning of ASTONISH is to strike with sudden and usually great wonder or surprise. How to use astonish in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Astonish.
to surprise someone very much: I was astonished by how much she'd grown. What astonished me was that he didn't seem to mind. Synonyms. amaze. astound. stagger (SHOCK) stun (SHOCK) Fewer examples. Her writing shows astonishing depth. His facility for languages is astonishing. Ellen's familiarity with pop music is astonishing.
to surprise someone very much: I was astonished by how much she'd grown. What astonished me was that he didn't seem to mind. Synonyms. amaze. astound. stagger (SHOCK) stun (SHOCK) Fewer examples. Her writing shows astonishing depth. His facility for languages is astonishing. Ellen's familiarity with pop music is astonishing.
astonish. Things that might astonish you: the discovery of life on another planet, a death-defying performance, and the number of dinosaurs a six-year old child can name. To astonish is to amaze and astound. Remember that astonish means more than surprised.
Definition of 'astonish' astonish. (əstɒnɪʃ ) Word forms: astonishes , astonishing , astonished. verb. If something or someone astonishes you, they surprise you very much. My news will astonish you. [VERB noun] Her dedication constantly astonishes me. [VERB noun] Synonyms: amaze, surprise, stun, stagger More Synonyms of astonish.
If you are talking about something that both surprises you and makes you feel ashamed, use astonish: He was astonished by his own stupidity. take somebody aback [usually passive] (especially of something negative) to surprise or shock somebody:
The earliest known use of the verb astonish is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for astonish is from 1530, in the writing of John Palsgrave, teacher and scholar of languages. astonish is a variant or alteration of another lexical item.
Define astonish. astonish synonyms, astonish pronunciation, astonish translation, English dictionary definition of astonish. tr.v. as·ton·ished , as·ton·ish·ing , as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. a·ston′ish·ing·ly adv.
ASTONISH definition: to make someone very surprised: . Learn more.
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