hämmästyttää — meaning in English

English meaning

• amaze verb To fill someone with great surprise or wonder.
• astonish verb To surprise someone so much that they are left amazed.
• confound verb To completely puzzle or baffle someone.
• surprise noun Something unexpected, or the feeling caused by it.

Senses

hämmästyttää is used for these senses in English:

• amaze To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise. [from 16th c.]
• astonish To surprise greatly.
• confound To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
• surprise (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.

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