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astonish
Overview of verb astonish
The verb astonish has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) amaze, astonish, astound -- (affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!")
Grep of noun astonish
astonishment
Antonyms of verb astonish
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb astonish
1 sense of astonish
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
=> surprise
=> affect, impress, move, strike
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb astonish
1 sense of astonish
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
=> dazzle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb astonish
1 sense of astonish
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
=> surprise
'Cause To' of verb astonish
Derived Forms of verb astonish
1 sense of astonish
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
RELATED TO>(noun) astonishment#1
=> astonishment, amazement
Domain of verb astonish
Domain Terms of verb astonish
Familiarity of verb astonish
astonish used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb astonish
1 sense of astonish
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
EX: The good news will astonish her
EX: The performance is likely to astonish Sue
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb astonish
1 sense of astonish
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
> surprise
=> amaze, astonish, astound
=> explode a bombshell
=> catch
=> flabbergast, boggle, bowl over
=> shock, stun, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb astonish
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
=> surprise
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Grep of verb astonish
astonish
Grep of adj astonish
astonished
astonishing
Grep of adv astonish
astonishingly
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