vverb.cognitionaffect with wonderSynset:amaze astonish astound
Examples:- Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!
Derivationally Related Form:astonishmentamazement
Hypernyms:surprise
Inherited Hypernyms:amazesurpriseaffect
Direct Hyponyms:dazzle
Full Troponyms:dazzle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: astound, amaze, astonish) | The good news will --- her (apply to: astound, amaze, astonish)
vverb.cognitionbe a mystery or bewildering toSynset:amaze baffle beat bewilder dumbfound flummox get gravel mystify nonplus perplex pose puzzle stick stupefy vex
Examples:- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
Derivationally Related Form:puzzlepuzzlerbafflementmystificationbewildermentposerstupefactionmystifierpuzzlementmystery
Hypernyms:bedevil befuddle confound confuse discombobulate fox fuddle throw
Inherited Hypernyms:perplexconfusebe
Direct Hyponyms:eludeescapemix upriddlestump
Full Troponyms:beggardefyeluderiddlestump
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: perplex, baffle, mystify, puzzle, bewilder) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: perplex, baffle, mystify, puzzle, bewilder, nonplus, dumbfound, amaze, stupefy, flummox) | The good news will --- her (apply to: perplex, baffle, mystify, puzzle, bewilder, nonplus, dumbfound, amaze, stupefy, flummox)
adj satadj.allfilled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shockSynset:astonied astonished astounded stunned
Examples:- an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation
- I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral
- astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing
- stood in stunned silence
- stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses
Antonyms:unsurprised
Inherited Hypernyms:amazed
Similar to:surprised