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astonishes

VERB

surprise

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amaze astound bewilder boggle confound daze dumbfound flabbergast overwhelm shock startle stun stupefy

STRONG

floor stagger

WEAK

blow away blow one's mind bowl over knock over put one away spring on take aback throw a curve

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clear up expect explain

WEAK

bore calm

Example Sentences

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Not particularly exhausted either, which always astonishes me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

"Even today, the story of my father and my mother, while giving me much pain, astonishes me still," Blouin said.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2025

The architectural wonder of writer-director Brady Corbet’s 215-minute postwar immigrant epic “The Brutalist” astonishes onscreen.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024

She has a gift for aphorism, the observation that astonishes.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2021

I love dusk; it always astonishes me that something so beautiful happens every single day.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez