"astonish" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈstɒnɪʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈstɑnɪʃ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-astonish.oga Forms: astonishes [present, singular, third-person], astonishing [participle, present], astonished [participle, past], astonished [past]
Etymology: From an alteration (due to words ending in -ish: abolish, banish, cherish, establish, furnish, etc.) of earlier astony, astone, aston, astun (“to astonish, confound, stun”), from Middle English astonien, astunien, astonen, astunen, astounen (“to astound, stun, astonish”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Old English *āstunian, from ā- (perfective prefix) + stunian (“to make a loud sound, crash, resound, roar, bang, dash, impinge, knock, confound, astonish, stupefy”), from Proto-Germanic *stunōną (“to sound, crash, bang, groan”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ten-, *(s)ton- (“to thunder, roar, groan”), equivalent to a- + stun. Compare German erstaunen (“to astonish, amaze”). Another possible source, or else influence, is Old French estoner, estuner, estonuer, estonner (“to stun”), either from an assumed Vulgar Latin *extonāre (“to strike with thunder, daze, stupefy, stun”) from *extonō (ex + tono), or from Old Frankish *stunen (“to stun”), related to Middle High German stunen (“to knock, strike, stun”) and then, if not the source, still a cognate of the word astound. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|astonien}} Middle English astonien, {{uncertain|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{inh|en|ang|*āstunian}} Old English *āstunian, {{der|en|gem-pro|*stunōną|t=to sound, crash, bang, groan}} Proto-Germanic *stunōną (“to sound, crash, bang, groan”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)ten-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ten-, {{af|en|a-|stun}} a- + stun, {{cog|de|erstaunen||to astonish, amaze}} German erstaunen (“to astonish, amaze”), {{cog|VL.|*extonāre||to strike with thunder, daze, stupefy, stun}} Vulgar Latin *extonāre (“to strike with thunder, daze, stupefy, stun”), {{compound|la|ex|tono|nocat=1}} ex + tono, {{cog|frk|*stunen||to stun}} Frankish *stunen (“to stun”), {{cog|gmh|stunen||to knock, strike, stun}} Middle High German stunen (“to knock, strike, stun”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} astonish (third-person singular simple present astonishes, present participle astonishing, simple past and past participle astonished)
  1. To surprise greatly. Synonyms (to surprise): astound, flabbergast, surprise, astone [archaic] Derived forms: astonishable, astonished, astonishedly, astonisher, astonishing, astonishment, astonisht, reastonish Translations (to surprise, astound, flabbergast): καταπλήσσω (kataplḗssō) (Ancient Greek), أَذْهَلَ (ʔaḏhala) (Arabic), heyrətləndimək (Azerbaijani), heyrətə salmaq (Azerbaijani), estonatu (Basque), учудвам (učudvam) (Bulgarian), удивлявам (udivljavam) (Bulgarian), 震驚 (Chinese Mandarin), 震惊 (zhènjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), ohromit (Czech), forbavse (Danish), verbazen (Dutch), mirigi (Esperanto), hämmästyttää (Finnish), ällistää (Finnish), étonner (French), surprendre (French), abraiar (Galician), anocer (Galician), anucir (Galician), atordoar (Galician), erstaunen (German), εκπλήσσω (ekplísso) (Greek), meglep (Hungarian), megdöbbent (Hungarian), astonar (Ido), surprizegar (Ido), mengesima (Indonesian), sorprendere (Italian), stupire (Italian), 驚かす (odorokasu) (alt: おどろかす) (Japanese), за́чуди (záčudi) (Macedonian), вчудо́види (včudóvidi) (Macedonian), whakaohomauri (Maori), whakaohorere (Maori), êtonner (Norman), zdumiewać [imperfective] (Polish), zdumieć [perfective] (Polish), surpreender (Portuguese), pasmar (Portuguese), удивля́ть (udivljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), удиви́ть (udivítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), изумля́ть (izumljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), изуми́ть (izumítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), asombrar (Spanish), sorprender (Spanish), pasmar (Spanish), anonadar (Spanish), förvåna (Swedish), förbluffa (Swedish), дивувати (dyvuvaty) (Ukrainian), вражати (vražaty) (Ukrainian), פֿאַרגאַפֿן (fargafn) (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "astonishable"
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        {
          "word": "astonished"
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        {
          "word": "astonishedly"
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        {
          "word": "astonisher"
        },
        {
          "word": "astonishing"
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        {
          "word": "astonishment"
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        {
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          "word": "reastonish"
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        {
          "ref": "1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"I have no right to give my opinion,\" said Wickham, \"as to his being agreeable or otherwise. I am not qualified to form one. I have known him too long and too well to be a fair judge. It is impossible for me to be impartial. But I believe your opinion of him would in general astonish — and perhaps you would not express it quite so strongly anywhere else. Here you are in your own family.\"",
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        "To surprise greatly."
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        {
          "sense": "to surprise",
          "word": "astound"
        },
        {
          "sense": "to surprise",
          "word": "flabbergast"
        },
        {
          "sense": "to surprise",
          "word": "surprise"
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        {
          "sense": "to surprise",
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          "word": "astone"
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        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔaḏhala",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "أَذْهَلَ"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "heyrətləndimək"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "heyrətə salmaq"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "estonatu"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "učudvam",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "учудвам"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "udivljavam",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "удивлявам"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "震驚"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhènjīng",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "震惊"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "ohromit"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "forbavse"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "verbazen"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "mirigi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "hämmästyttää"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "ällistää"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "étonner"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "surprendre"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "abraiar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "anocer"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "anucir"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "atordoar"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "erstaunen"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ekplísso",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "εκπλήσσω"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kataplḗssō",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "καταπλήσσω"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "meglep"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "megdöbbent"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "astonar"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "surprizegar"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "mengesima"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "sorprendere"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "stupire"
        },
        {
          "alt": "おどろかす",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "odorokasu",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "驚かす"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "záčudi",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "за́чуди"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "včudóvidi",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "вчудо́види"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "whakaohomauri"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "whakaohorere"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "êtonner"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zdumiewać"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zdumieć"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "surpreender"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "pasmar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "udivljátʹ",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "удивля́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "udivítʹ",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "удиви́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izumljátʹ",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "изумля́ть"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "izumítʹ",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "изуми́ть"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "asombrar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "sorprender"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "pasmar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "anonadar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "förvåna"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "förbluffa"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dyvuvaty",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "дивувати"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vražaty",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "вражати"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "fargafn",
          "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
          "word": "פֿאַרגאַפֿן"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/əˈstɒnɪʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/əˈstɑnɪʃ/",
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}
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      "word": "astonishable"
    },
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      "word": "astonished"
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      "word": "astonishedly"
    },
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      "word": "astonisher"
    },
    {
      "word": "astonishing"
    },
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    }
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        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Basque translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Norman translations",
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        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
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        {
          "ref": "1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"I have no right to give my opinion,\" said Wickham, \"as to his being agreeable or otherwise. I am not qualified to form one. I have known him too long and too well to be a fair judge. It is impossible for me to be impartial. But I believe your opinion of him would in general astonish — and perhaps you would not express it quite so strongly anywhere else. Here you are in your own family.\"",
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        "To surprise greatly."
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          "surprise"
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    {
      "sense": "to surprise",
      "word": "astound"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to surprise",
      "word": "flabbergast"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to surprise",
      "word": "surprise"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to surprise",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "astone"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaḏhala",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "أَذْهَلَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "heyrətləndimək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "heyrətə salmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "estonatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "učudvam",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "учудвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "udivljavam",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "удивлявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "震驚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhènjīng",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "震惊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "ohromit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "forbavse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "verbazen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "mirigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "hämmästyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "ällistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "étonner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "surprendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "abraiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "anocer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "anucir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "atordoar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "erstaunen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekplísso",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "εκπλήσσω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kataplḗssō",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "καταπλήσσω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "meglep"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "megdöbbent"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "astonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "surprizegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "mengesima"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "sorprendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "stupire"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おどろかす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "odorokasu",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "驚かす"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "záčudi",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "за́чуди"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "včudóvidi",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "вчудо́види"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "whakaohomauri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "whakaohorere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "êtonner"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdumiewać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdumieć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "surpreender"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "pasmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udivljátʹ",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "удивля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udivítʹ",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "удиви́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izumljátʹ",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "изумля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izumítʹ",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "изуми́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "asombrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "sorprender"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "pasmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "anonadar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "förvåna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "förbluffa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dyvuvaty",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "дивувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vražaty",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "вражати"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fargafn",
      "sense": "to surprise, astound, flabbergast",
      "word": "פֿאַרגאַפֿן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "astonish"
}

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