amazement v. astonishment v. surprise v. surprising.

[hhtt]

Thus you can imagine my amazement, at sunrise, when I was awakened by an odd little voice. This is the original.

Which of the followings has the same meanings as the original, are idiomatic?

1) Thus you can imagine my astonishment, at sunrise, when I was awakened by an odd little voice.

2) Thus you can imagine my surprise, at sunrise, when I was awakened by an odd little voice.

3) Thus you can imagine my surprising, at sunrise, when I was awakened by an odd little voice.


Source: Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Thank you.

 

[Keith Bradford]

1 and 2 are correct (except for the spelling mistake in surprise).

3 is wrong. Surprising is an adjective; it was the odd little voice that was surprising.

 

[hhtt]

1 and 2 are correct (except for the spelling mistake in surprise).

3 is wrong. Surprising is an adjective; it was the odd little voice that was surprising.

Is there any difference between astonishment and amazement? Which of them is stronger or more intense feel and has stronger or more intense meaning?

Thank you.

 

[Keith Bradford]

It would be splitting hairs to decide between them.

 

[hhtt]

It would be splitting hairs to decide between them.

A very different use of verb decide so would you mind if I open a new thread using your this sentence?

Thank you.

 

[hhtt]

4) Thus you can imagine my astonish, at sunrise, when I was awakened by an odd little voice

5) Thus you can imagine my amaze, at sunrise, when I was awakened by an odd little voice

What do you think about these nouns in the verb form at the same time?

What would be the difference of them from their form with -ment suffix? Would they be confusing because of verb form so is the other style is better?

Thank you.

 

[dermott]

They're wrong, unfortunately. You need the -ment suffix.

 

[hhtt]

They're wrong, unfortunately. You need the -ment suffix.

There is no noun as astonish but amaze is an arcahic word for amazement

n.

1. 
   
   
   • [Archaic.]amazement.

Etymology:

• 
  
  • Middle English amasen, Old English āmasian to confuse, stun, astonish. See a-3, maze bef. 1000

amaze - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

For this reason, might amaze admited to be correct?

Thank you.

 

[dermott]

Note the word archaic. You can use amaze in its archaic form if you choose but be prepared to explain at the same time that you're using an archaic form. Otherwise you will be assumed to be wrong.