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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, amaze |
| Synonyms: | astonish, awe, bedazzle, blind, blur, bowl over, daze, excite, fascinate, glitz, hypnotize, impress, overawe, overpower, overwhelm, razzle-dazzle, strike dumb, stupefy, surprise |
| Antonyms: | bore |
| Main Entry: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or be quiet |
| Synonyms: | choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shush, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
| Antonyms: | be noisy, communicate, talk |
| Main Entry: | stagger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | astound, shock |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astonish, boggle, bowl over, confound, consternate, devastate, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor*, give a shock, nonplus, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, puzzle, shake, shatter, startle, strike dumb, stump, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback, take breath away, throw off balance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stun/stupefy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze, shock |
| Synonyms: | astonish, astound, bemuse, bewilder, blow away, bowl over, confound, confuse, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor*, fog*, give a turn, hit like ton of bricks, knock out, knock over, knock unconscious, muddle, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, petrify, rock*, shake up, stagger, strike dumb, surprise, take breath away, throw a curve |
| Antonyms: | expect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | boggle the mind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike with wonder |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astonish, astound, awe, be unbelievable, bedazzle, bewilder, blow one away, blow one's mind, bowl over, confound, dazzle, dumbfound, flabbergast, knock one's socks off, perplex, stagger, strike dumb, stun, stupefy |
| Main Entry: | stun |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shock |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astonish, astound, bemuse, bewilder, blow away, bowl over, confound, confuse, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor, fog, hit, knock out, knock over, knock unconscious, muddle, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, petrify, rock, shake up, stagger, strike dumb, stupefy, surprise |
| Main Entry: | quieten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | silence |
| Synonyms: | choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, say nothing, shush, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
| Main Entry: | shush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | silence |
| Synonyms: | choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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