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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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
"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
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
"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
Here was an astonisher, and here was also a clue.
From Out of a Labyrinth by Lawrence L. Lynch
