astonish
verb (used with object)
to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amaze.
astonisher
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a word derived from
astonish.
Example Sentences
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If that ain't as much of an astonisher as when the scuttle-butt danced a jig on the dog-vane!
From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Holman Day
Here was an astonisher, and here was also a clue.
From Out of a Labyrinth by Lawrence L. Lynch
The amount was an astonisher for me when I came to reckon it up.
From The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
"I thought it would be an astonisher," said her father; "how are Grace and Eeny?"
From Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel by May Agnes Fleming
"What in three dashes, two hyphens and an astonisher do you want here, you double-dashed and double-blanketed blank to dash and return!!"
From Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) by Bill Nye
