in Erstaunen versetzen — meaning in English

English meaning

• confound verb To completely puzzle or baffle someone.
• transfix verb To make someone freeze completely still, through fear, wonder, or awe.

Senses

in Erstaunen versetzen is used for these senses in English:

• confound To stun or amaze.
• transfix (transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.

confound — full definition

1. verb To completely puzzle or baffle someone.
2. verb To mix up or fail to distinguish between two things.
3. verb To defeat or ruin someone's plans.
4. noun In statistics, a variable that distorts the apparent relationship between two other variables (a "confounding variable").

transfix — full definition

1. verb To make someone freeze completely still, through fear, wonder, or awe.
2. verb To stab through something with a sharp, pointed weapon.
3. verb To pin something firmly in place, or impale it.

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