astonishverb [ T ]
uk/əˈstɒn.ɪʃ/us/əˈstɑː.nɪʃ/to surprise someone very much:
I was astonished by how much she'd grown.
What astonished me was that he didn't seem to mind.
More examples
- Her writing shows astonishing depth.
- His facility for languages is astonishing.
- Ellen's familiarity with pop music is astonishing.
- What other astonishing nuggets of wisdom do you have for us?
- Old people often have astonishing powers of recall.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Surprising and shocking
- a blinding flash idiom
- a bolt from/out of the blue idiom
- amaze
- amazing
- astonishing
- bolt
- breath
- earth-shattering
- expectation
- eye-opener
- faze
- flabbergast
- revelation
- staggering
- startle
- startling
- sting
- stunning
- stupefy
- thunderbolt
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