Synonyms of the word bombshell


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bombshell

  • n. a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact.
  • n. something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational.
  • n. (by extension) someone who is very attractive (compare sex symbol).

bomb

  • n. An explosive device used or intended as a weapon.
  • n. (slang) A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
  • n. (Britain, slang) A large amount of money, a fortune.
  • n. (social) Something highly effective or attractive.
  • n. (chemistry) A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
  • n. (obsolete) A great booming noise; a hollow sound.
  • n. (slang) A woman’s breast.
  • n. (wrestling) A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first…
  • n. (slang) A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To fail dismally.
  • v. (informal) To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.
  • v. (obsolete) To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
  • v. (slang) To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
  • v. (informal) To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
  • adj. (slang) Great, awesome.

entertainer

  • n. A person who entertains others, esp. as a profession, as a singer, dancer, musician, comedian, etc.
  • n. Someone who puts on a show for the entertainment or enjoyment of others.

surprise

  • n. Something not expected.
  • n. (attributive) Unexpected.
  • n. The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
  • n. (obsolete) A dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents.
  • v. (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted.
  • v. (transitive) To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
  • v. (intransitive) To undergo or witness something unexpected.
  • v. (intransitive) To cause surprise.
  • v. (transitive) To attack unexpectedly.
  • v. (transitive) To take unawares.

thunderbolt

  • n. A flash of lightning accompanied by an instant crash of thunder.
  • n. (figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
  • n. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
  • n. (soccer) A very powerful shot.
  • n. (paleontology) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
  • n. (heraldry) A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them,…

thunderclap

  • n. A sudden, loud thunder caused by a nearby lightning strike; a shock of thunder, as opposed to reverberating…

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