astonish
ex- ‘out’ + tonare ‘to thunder’
/icons/point.icon SURPRISE, ASTONISH, ASTOUND, AMAZE, FLABBERGAST mean to impress forcibly through unexpectedness.
SURPRISE stresses causing an effect through being unexpected but not necessarily unusual or novel.
e.g. surprised to find them at home
ASTONISH implies surprising so greatly as to seem incredible.
e.g. a discovery that astonished the world
ASTOUND stresses the shock of astonishment.
e.g. too astounded to respond
AMAZE suggests an effect of bewilderment.
e.g. amazed by the immense size of the place
FLABBERGAST may suggest thorough astonishment and bewilderment or dismay.
e.g. flabbergasted by his angry refusal
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verb with object
surprise or impress (someone) greatly:
(その意外性により)〈事･人･物が〉〈人〉を非常に驚かす, 仰天させる(amaze); 〖it ～es A that節〗 …ということがA〈人〉を仰天させる
e.g. you never fail to astonish me
e.g. with object and clause : it astonished her that Mrs. Browning could seem so anxious.
ORIGIN
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’.