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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Adonis is dead, Fair Adonis is dead—Echo answers, Adonis: Who weeps not for Cypris, when bowing her head She stares at the wound where it gapes and astonies?

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett