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ESLBeginner Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

"surprise", "astonish" and "astound"

Hello, could someone please tell me what's the difference among "surprise", "astonish" and "astound" ? thank you very much!
  

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Tom and Mona are planning to get married. One day, Tom is walking down the street when he sees Mona and George kissing. "

— Anonymous

  • Tom and Mona are planning to get married.
  • One day, Tom is walking down the street when he sees Mona and George kissing.
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Tom and Mona are planning to get married. One day, Tom is walking down the street when he sees Mona and George kissing. Tom says to them, "I'm surprised!" George replies, "WE are surprised; YOU are astonished."
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Hi,

You may benefit a great deal from looking up words in this dictionary:



It contains just what you're looking for - words of similar meaning "pitted against one another" for comparison purposes.
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MrPernicketyHi,

You may benefit a great deal from looking up words in this dictionary:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/surprise

It contains just what you're looking for - words of similar meaning "pitt
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