astound (verb)
31stun — verb 1) the force of the blow stunned him Syn: daze, stupefy, knock out, lay out 2) she was stunned by the news Syn: astound, amaze, astonish, dumbfound, stupefy, stagger, shock …
32surprise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Unexpectedness Nouns surprise, nonexpectation, unexpectedness, the unforeseen, unforeseen contingency or circumstances, miscalculation, astonishment, wonder, thunderclap, turn, blow, shock, bolt from the …
33astonish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. surprise, amaze, astound. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. surprise, shock, amaze, astound; see surprise 1 . See Synonym Study at surprise . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. amaze, surprise, astound, shock …
34surprise — I. noun also surprize Etymology: Middle English suppryse exaction, seizure, from Anglo French sousprise, supprise, from feminine of supris, surpris, suspris, past participle of surprendre & susprendre to capture, take by surprise, from sur & sus …
35amaze — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. astonish, astound, surprise. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. astonish, perplex, astound; see surprise 1 . See Synonym Study at surprise . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. astonish, stun, fascinate,… …
36shock — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. shake, jar, jolt; startle, surprise, horrify, scandalize, dis gust; paralyze, stun; galvanize, electrify. n. concussion, jar, impact; brunt, onset, assault; earthquake, temblor; prostration, stroke …
37stupefy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. deaden, dull, numb, narcotize; stun, astound, daze, dumbfound. See insensibility, surprise. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To stun] Syn. dull, numb, benumb; see deaden 1 . 2. [To amaze] Syn. astound,… …
38stun — [13] Stun is virtually the same word as astonish and astound, and like them it denotes etymologically ‘leave thunderstruck’. It comes via Anglo Norman estuner from Vulgar Latin *extonāre ‘stupefy’. This was a compound verb, formed from the Latin… …
39stun — [13] Stun is virtually the same word as astonish and astound, and like them it denotes etymologically ‘leave thunderstruck’. It comes via Anglo Norman estuner from Vulgar Latin *extonāre ‘stupefy’. This was a compound verb, formed from the Latin… …
40Kansai dialect — A label in Kansai ben. The advertisement, Iwashi o tabena akan!, translates as You must eat sardines! …
