strike+with+wonder
131amaze, astonish, surprise — Amaze means to bewilder, to perplex, to astound, to stun. Its meaning can be recalled by thinking that to be amazed is to be lost in a maze : I thought you were dead; your reappearance amazes me. Astonish means to strike with sudden fear or… …
132astonish — /əˈstɒnɪʃ / (say uh stonish) verb (t) to strike with sudden and overpowering wonder; surprise greatly; amaze. {earlier astony, ? Old English āstunian, intensive of stunian resound. Compare astound, stun} –astonisher, noun …
