Emotions

Synonyms for astonishment

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 4, High CampEmotions

the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising

He looked at me in astonishment.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

amazement

Same sentence, swapped: He looked at me in amazement.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for astonishment as it is used in the sentence above.

ingratitude
twinge
levity

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Closest first: other emotions words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

dispiritedadjectivedownfilled with melancholy and despondencyHigh Camp2 senses exaltverbinspireheighten or intensifyHigh Camp excitementnounexhilarationthe feeling of lively and cheerful joyHigh CampHas a reason line frissonnounchillan almost pleasurable sensation of frightHigh CampHas a reason line ferventadjectivefierycharacterized by intense emotionRidgeline2 senses fondadjectivepartialhaving a strong preference or liking forTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line forebodingnounpremonitiona feeling of evil to comeRidgelineHas a reason line nicknamenounmonikera familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)High Camp

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