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1. (v.t.) astonish
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 <at-at-+tonāre to thunder)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) amaze, astonish, astound
affect with wonder
"Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"
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1. (verb) astonish
to surprise very much
His speed astonished us all.
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1. (verb) astonish
to stun; to render senseless, as by a blow
2. (verb) astonish
to strike with sudden fear, terror, or wonder; to amaze; to surprise greatly, as with something unaccountable; to confound with some sudden emotion or passion
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Sense: to surprise greatly
I was astonished by his ignorance.
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 Afrikaans: verbaas, stomgeslaan |
 Arabic: يُذهِل، يُدهِش |
 Bulgarian: учудвам |
 Brazilian: surpreender |
 Czech: udivit |
 German: erstaunen |
 Danish: forbavse; forbløffe |
 Greek: εκπλήσσω |
 Spanish: asombrar, sorprender, pas |
 Estonian: hämmastama |
 Farsi: شگفت زده کردن |
 Finnish: hämmästyä |
 French: étonner |
 Hebrew: לְהַדהִים |
 Hindi: चकित करना |
 Croatian: zapanjiti |
 Hungarian: megdöbbent |
 Indonesian: mengherankan |
 Icelandic: gera furðu lostinn |
 Italian: sorprendere |
 Japanese: 驚かせる |
 Korean: 놀라게 하다 |
 Lithuanian: nustebinti, apstulbinti |
 Latvian: pārsteigt |
 Malay: hairan |
 Dutch: verbazen |
 Norwegian: forbause, forbløffe |
 Polish: zaskoczyć, zdziwić |
 Persian: شگفت زده کردن |
 Pashto: هک پک کول، حیرانول |
 Portuguese: surpreender |
 Romanian: a uimi |
 Russian: удивлять |
 Slovak: udiviť |
 Slovenian: presenetiti |
 Serbian: začuditi |
 Swedish: förvåna, överraska |
 Thai: ทำให้ประหลาดใจ |
 Turkish: şaşırtmak, hayrete düşürm |
 Taiwanese: 使驚訝 |
 Ukrainian: вражати |
 Urdu: ششدر رہ جانااچنبھے میں ڈا |
 Vietnamese: làm ngạc nhiên |
 Chinese: 使惊讶 |
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