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amaze - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: amaze
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: surprise
Synonyms: affect, alarm, astonish, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, bowl over*, daze, dumbfound, electrify, flabbergast*, impress, move, perplex, put one away, shock, stagger, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, touch*
Notes: amaze once meant 'alarm, terrify' but now means 'astonish'; surprise means 'meet with suddenly or without warning'
Main Entry: alarm
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: upset
Synonyms: amaze, astonish, chill, daunt, dismay, distress, frighten, panic, scare, spook, startle, surprise, terrify, unnerve, give a turn, make jump, scare silly, scare stiff, scare to death
Antonyms: assure, calm, gladden, reassure, repose, soothe
Main Entry: appall/appal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: horrify
Synonyms: alarm, amaze, astound, awe, daunt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, faze, frighten, insult, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare, shake, shock, terrify, throw, unnerve, consternate, get to*, gross out
Antonyms: comfort, encourage, reassure, satisfy
Main Entry: astonish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: surprise
Synonyms: amaze, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, boggle, bowl over*, confound, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor*, knock over*, overwhelm, put one away, shock, spring on, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, take aback, throw a curve
Antonyms: bore, calm, expect
Main Entry: bemuse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: confuse
Synonyms: amaze, bewilder, daydream, daze, moon, muddle, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, pipe dream*, puzzle, stun, stupefy, addle, gather wool
Antonyms: clear up, enlighten, explain, illuminate, tell
Main Entry: boggle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: astonish
Synonyms: amaze, astound, bowl over*, flabbergast*, overwhelm, shock, startle, fill with wonder
Main Entry: confound
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: confuse
Synonyms: abash, amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, bewilder, blend, bug*, commingle, confute, discomfit, discountenance, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, fiddle, flabbergast, jumble, mix, mix up*, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, rattle, screw up*, startle, surprise, throw*, befog, discombobulate, metagrobolize, misidentify
Antonyms: clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain, relate, make clear
Main Entry: daze
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: confuse, shock
Synonyms: amaze, astonish, astound, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blind, blur, confound, dazzle, disorder, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, flabbergast, mix up, muddle, mystify, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, puzzle, rock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise, addle, befog, fuddle
Antonyms: expect
Main Entry: dumbfound
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: astound, confuse
Synonyms: amaze, astonish, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, boggle, bowl over*, confound, flabbergast, knock over with feather, nonplus, overwhelm, puzzle, stagger, startle, stun, surprise, take aback, throw, throw into a tizzy
Antonyms: clear up, explain, explicate, lay out
Main Entry: electrify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: thrill, stimulate
Synonyms: amaze, animate, astonish, astound, charge, commove, disturb, dynamize, energize, enthuse, excite, fire, frenzy, galvanize, invigorate, jar, jolt, magnetize, power, provoke, rouse, send, shock, stagger, startle, stir, strike, stun, take one's breath away, wire*
Antonyms: bore, dull
Main Entry: flabbergast
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: surprise
Synonyms: abash, amaze, astonish, astound, bowl over*, confound, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, nonplus, overcome, overwhelm, put away*, shock, stagger, stun, throw, blow away, make speechless, throw for a loop
Antonyms: expect
Main Entry: startle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: frighten, surprise
Synonyms: affright, agitate, alarm, amaze, astonish, astound, awe, bolt, floor, fright, jump, rock, scare, shake up, shock, spook, spring, stagger, start, stun, terrify, terrorize, consternate, give a turn, make jump, scare to death, spring something on, take aback
Antonyms: calm, comfort, compose, expect
Main Entry: appall
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: horrify
Synonyms: alarm, amaze, astound, awe, daunt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, faze, frighten, insult, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare, shake, shock, terrify, throw, unnerve, appal, consternate, get to, gross out
Antonyms: comfort, embolden, encourage, reasurre
Main Entry: boggle the mind
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: strike with wonder
Synonyms: amaze, astonish, astound, awe, be unbelievable, bedazzle, bewilder, blow one away, blow one's mind, bowl over, confound, dazzle, dumbfound, flabbergast, knock one's socks off, perplex, stagger, strike dumb, stun, stupefy
Main Entry: stun
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: shock
Synonyms: amaze, astonish, astound, bemuse, bewilder, bowl over, confound, confuse, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor, fog, hit, knock out, muddle, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, petrify, rock, shake up, stagger, stupefy, surprise, blow away, knock over, knock unconscious, strike dumb
Main Entry: baffle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: perplex
Synonyms: amaze, astound, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, embarrass, faze, floor*, get, mix up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, rattle, stick*, stump*, stun, throw, addle, buffalo
Antonyms: clear up, enlighten, explain
Main Entry: confuse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bewilder someone
Synonyms: abash, amaze, astonish, baffle, becloud, bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, cloud, clutter, complicate, confound, darken, daze, demoralize, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, distract, embarrass, faze, fluster, fog, frustrate, involve, mess up*, misinform, mislead, mortify, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, rattle, shame, stump, throw off, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry, addle, disorient, fuddle, lead astray, render uncertain, stir up, throw off balance
Antonyms: clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain
Main Entry: puzzle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: baffle, confuse
Synonyms: amaze, bamboozle*, beat, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, complicate, confound, disconcert, distract, disturb, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor*, flummox, foil, frustrate, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, pose, put off, rattle, snow*, stir, stumble, stump, throw, addle, befog, buffalo, discombobulate, get to*, profundicate, psych out
Antonyms: clarify, elucidate, explain, illustrate, unravel
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