astonish

Verb

Verb Forms: astonished, astonishing, astonishes

To fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder.
affect with wonder
To surprise greatly.

Examples

She managed to astonish us all by turning a rack of vowels into a 50-point play.

Origin / Etymology

Probably an alteration (due to words ending in -ish: abolish, banish, cherish, establish, furnish, etc.) of earlier astony, astone, astun (“to astonish, stun”), from Middle English astoneyen, astonen (“to stun, astonish”), variant of stonen, stoneyen (“to stun, astonish”) prefixed with a-. However, compare Old French estonir, a rare variant of estoner (“to stun, astonish”).

Synonyms

amaze, astound, astony, flabbergast, surprise

Scrabble Score: 11

astonish: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
astonish: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
astonish: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

astonish: valid Words With Friends Word