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Main Entry:
astonish [uh-ston-ish]
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: surprise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: sneak up on; catch
Synonyms: ambush, burst in on, bushwhack, capture, catch in the act, catch off-balance, catch off-guard, catch red-handed, catch unawares, come down on, discover, drop in on, grab, grasp, lay for, lie in wait, nab, seize, spring on, startle, take, take by surprise, waylay
Notes: amaze once meant 'alarm, terrify' but now means 'astonish'; surprise means 'meet with suddenly or without warning'
Antonyms: expect
Main Entry: jolt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: surprise; push suddenly
Synonyms: astonish, bowl over, bump, churn, convulse, discompose, disturb, floor, jar, jerk, jog, jostle, knock, knock over, lay out, perturb, rock, shake, shake up, shock, shove, spring something on, stagger, start, startle, stun, throw a curve, upset
Main Entry: startle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: frighten, surprise
Synonyms: affright, agitate, alarm, amaze, astonish, astound, awe, bolt, consternate, floor, fright, give a turn, jump, make jump, rock, scare, scare to death, shake up, shock, spook, spring, spring something on, stagger, start, stun, take aback, terrify, terrorize
Antonyms: calm, comfort, compose, expect
Main Entry: surprise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: astonish; cause amazement
Synonyms: amaze, astound, awe, bewilder, blow away, bowl over, cause wonder, confound, confuse, consternate, daze, dazzle, discomfit, disconcert, dismay, dumbfound, electrify, flabbergast, floor, jar, jolt, leave aghast, leave open-mouthed, nonplus, overwhelm, perplex, petrify, rattle, rock, shake up, shock, spring something on, stagger, startle, strike dumb, strike with awe, stun, stupefy, take aback, take one's breath away, throw a curve, unsettle
Notes: amaze once meant 'alarm, terrify' but now means 'astonish'; surprise means 'meet with suddenly or without warning'
Antonyms: expect
Related Words
Main Entry: surprise
Part of Speech: noun, verb
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Adjectives:
anoetic, blutterbunged, ferly, gloppened, imprevisible, inattentive, inopinate, mirific, serendipitous, startling, struck, sudden, surprised, unanticipated, unaware, unexpected, unforeseen, unwarned
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