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astonish

verb

as·​ton·​ish ə-ˈstä-nish How to pronounce astonish (audio)
astonished; astonishing; astonishes

transitive verb

1
: to strike with sudden and usually great wonder or surprise
He was too astonished to speak
They were astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral.
In retrospect, it astonishes me that we avoided a major quarrel for so long. Christopher Hitchens
2
obsolete : to strike with sudden fear

Synonyms

Choose the Right Synonym for astonish

surprise, astonish, astound, amaze, flabbergast mean to impress forcibly through unexpectedness.

surprise stresses causing an effect through being unexpected but not necessarily unusual or novel.

surprised to find them at home

astonish implies surprising so greatly as to seem incredible.

a discovery that astonished the world

astound stresses the shock of astonishment.

too astounded to respond

amaze suggests an effect of bewilderment.

amazed by the immense size of the place

flabbergast may suggest thorough astonishment and bewilderment or dismay.

flabbergasted by his angry refusal

Example Sentences

Despite the hype, there was nothing in the book to astonish readers. The garden's beauty never fails to astonish.
Recent Examples on the Web The film, starring Tilda Swinton as a woman who hears mysterious sounds, reveals itself as a vision from the future — a declaration of faith in a medium that hasn’t lost its power to astonish, writes Times film critic Justin Chang. Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022 Learn what the market expects from people who have your dream job -- the answer might astonish you! Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2021 Any hope that Trump's autocratic proclivities could be channeled into mega-projects to astonish his base fizzled. Richard Galant, CNN, 15 Aug. 2021 The strength and speed of tornadoes can astonish even weather professionals like Georgia State Climatologist Bill Murphey. USA Today, 17 June 2021 Joe Biden could take the key step that would allow America to once again to astonish with world with what free people can do. Robert Zubrin, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2021 Palantir is capable of mining and aggregating data on individual people in a manner that would astonish almost anyone. Annie Jacobsen, Wired, 20 Jan. 2021 Fifteen are by Rembrandt, a number that seems to astonish even Kaplan. Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2021 The prestige networks continue to put out shows that astonish me with their raw honesty, drama and characters. Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

probably from earlier astony (from Middle English astonen, astonien, from Anglo-French estoner to stun, from Vulgar Latin *extonare, from Latin ex- + tonare to thunder) + -ish (as in abolish) — more at thunder entry 1

First Known Use

circa 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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The first known use of astonish was circa 1534

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