Astonish

Etymology
From an alteration (due to words ending in :, , , , , etc.) of earlier , , , , from , , , , , of uncertain origin, possibly from , from + , from , from , , equivalent to. Compare 🇨🇬. Another possible source, or else influence, is Old French, , , , either from an assumed 🇨🇬 from 🇨🇬 , or from Old 🇨🇬, related to 🇨🇬 and then, if not the source, still a cognate of the word.

Verb

 * 1) To surprise greatly.
 * 2) * 1813, Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice:
 * "I have no right to give my opinion," said Wickham, "as to his being agreeable or otherwise. I am not qualified to form one. I have known him too long and too well to be a fair judge. It is impossible for me to be impartial. But I believe your opinion of him would in general astonish — and perhaps you would not express it quite so strongly anywhere else. Here you are in your own family."

Derived terms




Translations

 * Arabic: أَذْهَلَ
 * Azerbaijani: heyrətləndimək, heyrətə salmaq
 * Basque:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: forbavse
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: mirigi
 * Finnish:, ällistää
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, anocer, anucir, atordoar
 * German:


 * Greek:, , αφήνω άναυδο,
 * Ancient Greek: καταπλήσσω
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido: ,
 * Interlingue: astonar, surprisar
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: whakaohomauri, whakaohorere
 * Norman: êtonner
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Yiddish: פֿאַרגאַפֿן