stagger [stag-er] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
stagger [stag-er]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: walk falteringly
Synonyms: alternate, careen, dither, falter, halt, hesitate, lurch, overlap, pitch, reel, shake, stammer, step, sway, swing, teeter, titubate, topple, totter, vacillate, waver, wheel, whiffle, wobble, zigzag
Main Entry: alone
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: separate; apart
Synonyms: abandoned, batching it, by itself/oneself, companionless, deserted, desolate, detached, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, hermit, in solitary, individual, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesome, me and my shadow, me myself and I, on one's own, onliest, only, shag, single, sole, solitary, solo, stag, traveling light, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted, unattached, unattended, unescorted, unmarried, widowed
Antonyms: together
Main Entry: amaze
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: surprise
Synonyms: affect, alarm, astonish, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, bowl over, daze, dumbfound, electrify, flabbergast*, impress, move, perplex, put one away, shock, stagger, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, touch*
Notes: amaze once meant 'alarm, terrify' but now means 'astonish'; surprise means 'meet with suddenly or without warning'
Example Sentences
  • Look how they stagger from their sleep as if the morning were a river.
  • More often, though, big government projects stagger into operation but work badly.
  • They smile, then stagger on at full speed, panting and pouring sweat.
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Main Entry: astonish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: surprise
Synonyms: amaze, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, boggle, bowl over, confound, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor*, knock over, overwhelm, put one away, shock, spring on, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, take aback, throw a curve
Antonyms: bore, calm, expect
Main Entry: astound
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: amaze
Synonyms: astonish, bewilder, blow away, bowl over, confound, confuse, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, knock over with feather, overwhelm, shock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback
Antonyms: bore, dull
Main Entry: bedazzle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: captivate
Synonyms: astound, bewilder, blind, confuse, daze, dazzle, dumbfound, enchant, overwhelm, stagger, stun
Main Entry: bowl over
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: amaze
Synonyms: astonish, astound, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor, stagger, startle, stun, surprise
Main Entry: daze
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: confuse, shock
Synonyms: addle, amaze, astonish, astound, befog, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blind, blur, confound, dazzle, disorder, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, flabbergast, fuddle, mix up, muddle, mystify, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, puzzle, rock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise
Antonyms: expect
Main Entry: dodder
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: shake
Synonyms: quiver, shiver, shudder, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, tremble, wobble
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