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81surprise — I. n. Wonder, astonishment, amazement. II. v. a. 1. Take unawares, take by surprise, take off one s guard. 2. Astonish, amaze, startle, strike with wonder, take aback. 3. Confuse, bewilder …
82daunt — v 1. intimidate, unnerve, dismay, petrify, frighten, affright, scare, Archaic. amate; overawe, terrorize, threaten, browbeat, bully, bulldoze, cow; disconcert, alarm, appall, take aback, Inf. take the fight out of, shake up. 2. dishearten,… …
83faze — v Informal. daunt, intimidate, unnerve, dismay, petrify, frighten, affright, scare, Archaic. amate; overawe, terrorize, threaten, cow; disconcert, alarm, appall, take aback, Inf. take the fight out of, abash, Inf. shake up. 2. dishearten,… …
84pause — n 1. stop, stay, halt, rest; rest period, respite, break, time out, recess, breather, breathing spell, vacation, Brit. holiday; relief, Inf. letup, slackening, abatement. 2. cessation, discontinuation, discontinuance; suspension, abeyance,… …
85shake — v 1. vibrate, rattle, chatter; convulse, corn move, twitch, vellicate, toss and turn; shimmy, wiggle, rock, bounce, bob, dance, (both of dice) roll, toss; swing, sway, oscillate, wave, roll. 2. tremble, quiver, twitter, trill; pulsate, pulse,… …
86surprise — [n] something amazing; state of amazement abruptness, amazement, astonishment, astoundment, attack, awe, bewilderment, bombshell*, consternation, curiosity, curveball*, disappointment, disillusion, eye opener*, fortune, godsend*, incredulity,… …
87surprise — 1. noun 1) Kate looked at me in surprise Syn: astonishment, amazement, wonder, incredulity, bewilderment, stupefaction, disbelief 2) the test came as a big surprise Syn: shock, bolt from the blue, bombshell, r …
88petrify — v 1. ossify, fossilize, turn to stone, Archaic. lapidify, mineralize; calcify, vitrify, crystallize; indurate, harden, make hard, become hard, strengthen, stiffen, starch; solidify, densify, inspissate, Pharm. incrassate, thicken; steel, toughen …
89abash — Synonyms and related words: abase, appall, astound, bewilder, bother, bring down, bring low, cast down, chagrin, confound, confuse, crush, debase, degrade, demean, diminish, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dismay, disturb, dump …
90bowl over — Synonyms and related words: amaze, astonish, astound, awe, awestrike, bedaze, bedazzle, bewilder, blow down, blow over, boggle, bowl down, bring down, bulldog, cast down, chop down, confound, cut down, dash down, daze, dazzle, deck, down, drop,… …
