different between daze vs astonish
daze
English
Etymology
Middle English, back-formation from dazed, perhaps ultimately from Old Norse *dasa, dasathr. Compare dasask (“to become weary”), with reflexive suffix -sk, Swedish dasa (“lie idly”), and Icelandic dasask (“to make weary with cold”).
Alternatively from Middle Dutch dasen (“act silly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de?z/
- Rhymes: -e?z
- Homophone: days
Noun
daze (plural dazes)
- The state of being dazed
- (mining) A glittering stone.
Translations
Verb
daze (third-person singular simple present dazes, present participle dazing, simple past and past participle dazed)
- (transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear
- Synonyms: confuse, benumb
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “daze”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- adze, deza
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astonish
English
Etymology
From an alteration (due to words ending in -ish: abolish, banish, cherish, establish, furnish, etc.) of earlier astony, astone, aston, astun (“to astonish, confound, stun”), from Middle English astonien, astunien, astonen, astunen, astounen (“to astound, stun, astonish”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Old English *?stunian, from ?- (perfective prefix) + stunian (“to make a loud sound, crash, resound, roar, bang, dash, impinge, knock, confound, astonish, stupefy”), from Proto-Germanic *stun?n? (“to sound, crash, bang, groan”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ten-, *(s)ton- (“to thunder, roar, groan”), equivalent to a- +? stun. Compare German erstaunen (“to astonish, amaze”). Another possible source, or else influence, is Old French estoner, estuner, estonuer, estonner (“to stun”), either from an assumed Vulgar Latin *extonare (“to strike with thunder, daze, stupefy, stun”) from Late Latin *extono (ex +? tono), or from Old Frankish *stunen (“to stun”), related to Middle High German stunen (“to knock, strike, stun”) and then, if not the source, still a cognate of the word astonish.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??st?n??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??st?n??/
- Hyphenation: as?ton?ish
Verb
astonish (third-person singular simple present astonishes, present participle astonishing, simple past and past participle astonished)
- To surprise greatly.
- 1813, Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice:
- "I have no right to give my opinion," said Wickham, "as to his being agreeable or otherwise. I am not qualified to form one. I have known him too long and too well to be a fair judge. It is impossible for me to be impartial. But I believe your opinion of him would in general astonish — and perhaps you would not express it quite so strongly anywhere else. Here you are in your own family."
- 1813, Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice:
Synonyms
- (to surprise): astound, flabbergast, surprise
Derived terms
Translations
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