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| 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' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | astonish |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astound, bowl over*, flabbergast*, overwhelm, shock, startle, fill with wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire; upset |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, agitate, amaze, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, astound, awaken, bother, chafe, delight, discompose, disturb, electrify, elicit, energize, evoke, fire, fluster, foment, galvanize, goad, incite, induce, inflame, infuriate, instigate, intensify, irritate, jar, jolt, kindle, madden, mock, move, offend, precipitate, provoke, quicken, rouse, start, stimulate, taunt, tease, thrill, titillate, vex, warm, whet, work up, worry, feed the fire, stir up, touch off, wake up, waken |
| Antonyms: | bore, calm, compose, deaden, lull, moderate, pacify, quiet, repress, tranquilize |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disturb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, upset |
| Synonyms: | afflict, agitate, ail, alarm, amaze, annoy, arouse, astound, badger, complicate, confound, confuse, depress, discompose, dishearten, disrupt, distract, distress, excite, fluster, frighten, gall, grieve, harass, interfere, interrupt, intrude, irk, irritate, molest, muddle, outrage, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, pique, plague, provoke, puzzle, rattle, rouse, ruffle, shake, shake up*, startle, tire, trouble, unhinge*, unnerve, unsettle, vex, worry, burn up*, make uneasy |
| Antonyms: | appease, calm, comfort, pacify, quiet, reassure, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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