Synonyms for astonish
əˈstɒn ɪʃas·ton·ish

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1. astonish

   Synonyms:
   startle, surprise, confound, amaze, astound, fill with wonder, stupefy, alarm, terrify, electrify, scare, dumbfounder

   Antonyms:
   rally, encourage, assure, embolden

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1. amaze, astonish, astoundverb

   affect with wonder

   "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"

   Synonyms:
   stick, dumbfound, nonplus, pose, stupefy, puzzle, gravel, mystify, bewilder, get, beat, flummox, amaze, perplex, baffle, vex, astound

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1. astonishverb

   Synonyms:
   amaze, surprise, astound, confound, shock, stagger, stupefy, stun, dumfounder, strike dumb, strike with wonder, petrify with wonder

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1. astonishverb

   Synonyms:
   amaze, stagger, astound, overwhelm, flabbergast (Jocular)

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How to use astonish in a sentence?

1. Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd:

   I shall be breakfasted before you are afield. In short, I shall astonish you all.

2. Mark Twain:

   Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

3. Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions:

   The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were.

4. Milan Kundera:

   The light that radiates from the great novels time can never dim, for human existence is perpetually being forgotten by man and thus the novelists discoveries, however old they may be, will never cease to astonish.

5. Jay Tetzloff:

   I love that the legacy of Rilu will live on in the Photo Ark. Rilu will engage and astonish the world for many years to come.