So you might say I was amazed at last night, sunset, the colors were incredible. So if you think of feeling surprised, multiplied, then amazed would be a great word to use.įor example, most sunsets are beautiful and we all love watching a gorgeous sunset or sunrise, but sometimes the colors are particularly spectacular. In other words, very surprised we’re using the word greatly or very for emphasis. In that definition, we saw greatly surprised. Number two is amazed, which means to be greatly surprised or filled with wonder. Now that we’ve got that first one off our list, let’s move on to some positive ones. If you’re watching the news and something like that happens, you might say I was a guest while I was watching the news. However, you’re more likely to hear this word when something shockingly terrible happens. In that moment, she might’ve had a sudden overwhelming feeling of shock. With that said you will occasionally hear people use it in a positive sense.įor example, if I said she was a guest that Brad Pitt sat next to her in the restaurant. This word definitely leans toward the negative feeling of being surprised, because we all know there are some negative surprises in life. Would you say that feeling aghast is more likely a positive feeling word or a negative feeling word? Let’s look at all of those words in the definition. You may be filled with a sudden feeling of fright or terror. To be aghast is to be struck with overwhelming shock or amazement. Again, we’re looking at synonyms, but there is a bit of difference in the actual feeling of being surprised and how we might use these words.
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Recently, I shared a lesson on how to create effective habits in English, and I created a free download to help you track your progress.Īnd now let’s start with our first synonym for feeling surprised. The second thing you can do is build a daily practice for your vocabulary or build a daily habit. Sentences you might use in your real life. Number one, after you see the example sentences I share, I recommend that you think of your own example sentences. Now for you to not only learn, but also remember this vocabulary, I have two recommendations. Now as always with my vocabulary lessons, not only will I share with you what the word or expression is, but I’ll also highlight its meaning and how we use it in a sentence so that you can see a concrete example. You can say exactly what you want to say. So that when something unexpected happens to you, and you’re talking about it with friends, family members, or coworkers, you can be precise in your language. In this video today, you’re going to learn a variety of synonyms, eight to be exact, for talking about feeling surprised in English… As you know, synonyms are words that have a similar meaning, but there may be tiny, important differences among those synonyms. This is exactly where you want to be every week to get the confidence you want for your life and work in English.Īnd this week, you and I are going to play in the world of synonyms. I’m Annemarie with Speak Confident English.
So how would you explain those different kinds of feeling surprised in English?
Someone bought you flowers, there’s a glass of wine and dinner is ready?īy now you’ve probably noticed I keep using that word surprise, but each of those experiences and the feeling of being surprised is a bit different. What about the kind of surprise of walking home on Friday at the end of a long day, after a long week after finishing a long tiring project, you walk into the house and your kids have cleaned the house. Or was it the kind of surprise you might feel when your boss calls you into the office and says, we want to offer you a promotion and the promotion is your dream job! Was it one of those small unexpected moments that happened at the grocery store? When you accidentally bump into someone behind you? One of those, “Oh, I’m so sorry. Think for a moment about the last time you felt surprised, what kind of surprise was it?
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