Word: Astonish
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
early 16th century (as astonished, in the sense ‘stunned, bewildered, dismayed’): from obsolete astone ‘stun, stupefy’, from Old French estoner, based on Latin ex- ‘out’ + tonare ‘to thunder’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈstɒnɪʃ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
surprise or impress (someone) greatly
Short Definition:surprise or impress someone greatly
Examples:- you never fail to astonish me
- it astonished her that he was so anxious
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