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What is the difference between surprised and flabbergasted and amazed and astonished ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between surprised and flabbergasted and amazed and astonished ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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26 Aug 2020
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surprised = neutral, can be a good or bad surprise
amazed = very surprised at something wonderful
astonished = very surprised, so surprised that you stand still, usually good
flabbergasted = usually when something weird or confusing happens. it sounds a bit funny, like a spit-take in a cartoon
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