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verwundern — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • amaze verb To fill someone with great surprise or wonder.
  • bemuse verb To confuse or bewilder.
  • transfix verb To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.

Senses

verwundern is used for these senses in English:

  • amaze To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise. [from 16th c.]
  • bemuse (transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
  • transfix (transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.

bemuse — full definition

  1. verb To confuse or bewilder.
  2. verb To be amused, especially sardonically.
  3. verb To devote to the Muses.
  4. verb To make drunk; to intoxicate.

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