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| 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: | stun/stupefy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze, shock |
| Synonyms: | astonish, astound, bemuse, bewilder, bowl over*, confound, confuse, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor*, fog*, knock out*, muddle, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, petrify, rock*, shake up*, stagger, surprise, blow away, give a turn, hit like ton of bricks, knock over*, knock unconscious, strike dumb, take breath away, throw a curve |
| Antonyms: | expect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | astound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze |
| Synonyms: | astonish, bewilder, bowl over*, confound, confuse, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, overwhelm, shock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise, blow away, knock over with feather, take aback |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze |
| Synonyms: | alarm, appall, astonish, cow*, daunt, dazzle, flabbergast, frighten, grandstand, horrify, impress, intimidate, scare, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, terrify, blow away, hotdog, knock socks off, overawe, showboat |
| Antonyms: | expect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bedazzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate |
| Synonyms: | astound, bewilder, blind, confuse, daze, dazzle, dumbfound, enchant, overwhelm, stagger, stun |
| 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: | bowl over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze |
| Synonyms: | astonish, astound, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor, stagger, startle, stun, surprise |
| 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: | deaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, muffle, quiet |
| Synonyms: | abate, alleviate, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken, KO, anesthetize, etherize, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten |
| Antonyms: | animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen |
| 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: | embarrass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause mental discomfort |
| Synonyms: | abash, agitate, annoy, bewilder, bother, bug, chagrin, confuse, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, distract, distress, disturb, dumbfound, faze, fluster, irk, let down*, mortify, nonplus, perplex, perturb, plague, puzzle, rattle, shame, show up*, stun, tease, throw, upset, catch one short, discombobulate, give a bad time, give a hard time, hang up*, make a monkey of, put in a hole, put in a spot, put on the spot, put out of countenance, throw into a tizzy |
| Antonyms: | comfort, gladden, help, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | galvanize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, astonish, awaken, electrify, energize, excite, fire*, frighten, invigorate, jolt, motivate, move, pique, prime, provoke, quicken, shock, spur, startle, stir, stun, thrill, wake, zap*, commove, innervate, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | depress, deter, discourage, disparage, dissuade, retard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise; push suddenly |
| Synonyms: | astonish, bowl over*, bump, churn, convulse, discompose, disturb, floor, jar, jerk, jog, jostle, knock, lay out*, perturb, rock, shake, shake up*, shock, shove, stagger, start, startle, stun, upset, knock over*, spring something on, throw a curve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nonplus |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, perplex |
| Synonyms: | astonish, astound, baffle, balk, beat, bewilder, boggle, buffalo, confound, daze, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dismay, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, floor*, flurry, fluster, frustrate, get*, mess with one's head, muddle, mystify, overcome, paralyze, puzzle, rattle, rattle one's cage, stagger, stick, stump, stun, stymie*, take aback, throw into tizzy, throw*, thwart |
| Antonyms: | clear up, educate, enlighten, explain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | numb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deaden |
| Synonyms: | benumb, blunt, chill, desensitize, dull, freeze, frost, paralyze, stun, stupefy, anesthetize, immobilize, obtund |
| Antonyms: | enliven |
| Main Entry: | overcome |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, defeat |
| Synonyms: | best*, conquer, crush, down*, drown, hurdle, lick*, master, outlive, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, prevail, prostrate, reduce, render, shock, stun, subdue, subjugate, surmount, survive, throw*, vanquish, weather*, win, worst*, be victorious, come out on top, get around*, get the better of, knock over*, knock socks off, rise above, triumph over, whelm |
| Antonyms: | give in, surrender, yield |
* = 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
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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