2021-04-30 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – amaze & astonish & surprise
2021-04-30
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – amaze & astonish & surprise
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง amaze = ‘uh-MEYZ’
ออกเสียง astonish = ‘uh-STON-ish’
ออกเสียง surprise = ‘ser-PRAHYZ’
Dictionary.com
SYNONYMSTUDY FOR SURPRISE
Surprise, astonish, amaze, astound
mean to strike with wonder because of unexpectedness, strangeness, unusualness, etc.
To surprise is to take unawares or to affect with wonder:
surprised at receiving a telegram.
To astonish is to strike with wonder by something unlooked for, startling, or seemingly inexplicable:
astonished at someone's behavior.
To amaze is to astonish so greatly as to disconcert or bewilder:
amazed at such an evidence of stupidity.
To astound is to so overwhelm with surprise that one is unable to think oract:
astounded by the news.
Dictionary.com
HISTORICALUSAGE OF SURPRISE
The English noun surprise comes from late Middle English,
from Anglo-French and Middle French surprise(e),
a noun use, of the past participle of surprendre “to seize, grasp,”
literally, “to overtake," from the French prefix sur- “excessive, over-,”
and the verb prendre “to take.”
The original 15th-century meaning of the English noun
was “an unexpectedor sudden attack without warning”
(a surprise attack, therefore, was a redundancy).
In the 19th century,
the term surprise party came into use with two disparate senses:
the earlier onewas
“a body of soldiersprepared to make a sudden, stealthy attack,”
which held close to the original sense of surprise;
the second, slightly later one was
“a party or celebrationplanned for someone as a surprise,”
which of course has survived as the meaning familiar to us today.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary.
Amaze& surprise
Amaze oncemeant "alarm, terrify,"
but nowmeans "astonish";
surprisemeans "meet with suddenly or without warning."
See also related terms for suddenly.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choosethe Right Synonym for amaze
Verb
SURPRISE, ASTONISH, ASTOUND, AMAZE, FLABBERGAST
meanto impress forcibly through unexpectedness.
SURPRISE stresses causing an effect through being unexpected but not necessarilyunusual or novel.
surprised to find them at home
ASTONISH implies surprising so greatly as to seem incredible.
a discovery that astonished the world
ASTOUND stresses the shock of astonishment.
too astounded to respond
AMAZE suggests an effect of bewilderment.
amazed by the immense size of the place
FLABBERGAST may suggest thorough astonishment
and bewildermentor dismay.
flabbergasted by his angry refusal
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choosethe Right Synonym for astonish
SURPRISE, ASTONISH, ASTOUND, AMAZE, FLABBERGAST
meanto impress forcibly through unexpectedness.
SURPRISE stresses causing an effect through being unexpected but not necessarily unusual or novel.
surprised to find them at home
ASTONISH implies surprising so greatly as to seem incredible.
a discovery that astonished the world
ASTOUND stresses the shock of astonishment.
too astounded to respond
AMAZE suggests an effect of bewilderment.
amazed by the immense size of the place
FLABBERGAST may suggest thorough astonishment and bewilderment or dismay. flabbergasted by his angry refusal
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choosethe Right Synonym for surprise
Verb
SURPRISE, ASTONISH, ASTOUND, AMAZE, FLABBERGAST
meanto impress forcibly through unexpectedness.
SURPRISE stresses causing an effect through being unexpected but not necessarily unusual or novel.
surprised to find them at home
ASTONISH impliessurprising so greatly as to seem incredible.
a discovery that astonished the world
ASTOUND stresses the shock of astonishment.
too astounded to respond
AMAZE suggests an effect of bewilderment.
amazed by the immense size of the place
FLABBERGAST may suggest thorough astonishment and bewilderment or dismay.
flabbergasted by his angry refusal
Collins COBUILD English Usage
Surprise can be a verb or a noun.
1. used as a verb
If something surprises you, you did not expect it.
What you say surprises me.
Her decision to resign had surprised everybody.
Don't usea progressive form of surprise.
Don't say,for example, 'What you say is surprising me'.
2. used as a noun
If something is a surprise, it surprises someone.
The result came as a surprise to everyone.
It was a great surprise to find out I had won.
In stories, expressions
such as to my surprise and to her surprise are sometimes
used to show that someone is surprised by something.
To her surprise he said no.
Be Careful!
Don't use any preposition except to in these expressions.
Don'tsay, for example, 'For her surprise he said no'.
3. 'surprised'
Surprised is an adjective.
If you are surprised to see something or
surprised to hear something,
you did not expectto see it or hear it.
I was surprised to see her return so soon.
You won't be surprised to learn that I disagreed with this.
Be Careful!
Don't say that someone is 'surprised at seeing' or 'surprised athearing' something.
Don't say that someone is 'surprise to' see or hear something.
Don't say, for example, 'I was surprised at seeing her return' or
'I was surprise tosee her return'.
Dictionary of Problem Words in English
amaze& astonish & surprise
Amaze means “to bewilder,” “to perplex,” “to astound,” “to stun.”
Its meaningcan be recalled by thinking that
to be amazed is to be“lost in a maze”:
“I thought you were dead; your reappearance amazes me.”
Astonish means “to strike with sudden fear or wonder.”
To be astonished is to be dazed or silenced,
to be “turned to stone.”
Surprise means “to take unawares.”
We are amazed at
what seems extremelydifficult, impossible, or improbable’;
we are surprised by the merely unexpected or unanticipated;
we are astonished when our surprise is so great as to silence or dazeus.
Paralyzing(numbing) shock is implied by astound
and its colloquial equivalent, flabbergast.
A storyis tole of Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709 – 1784),
English author and lexicographer.
His wife unexpectedly came upon him kissing a household maid
and said, “I amsurprised.”
Dr. Johnson reportedly replied,
“No, Madam; I am surprised: you are astonished.
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