amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned
(adjective) filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock; āan amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovationā; āI stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedralā; āastounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombingā; āstood in stunned silenceā; āstunned scientists found not one but at least three virusesā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
astonished (comparative more astonished, superlative most astonished)
Amazed; surprised.
• shocked
• speechless
• amazed
• agape
• bewildered
• See also astonished
astonished
simple past tense and past participle of astonish
Source: Wiktionary
As*ton"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astonished; p. pr. & vb. n. Astonishing.] Etym: [OE. astonien, astunian, astonen, OF. estoner, F. Ć©tonner, fr. L. ex out + tonare to thunder, but perhaps influenced by E. stun. See Thunder, Astound, Astony.]
1. To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow. [Obs.] Enough, captain; you have astonished him. [Fluellen had struck Pistol]. Shak. The very cramp-fish [i. e., torpedo] . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others. Holland.
2. To strike with sudden fear, terror, or wonder; to amaze; to surprise greatly, as with something unaccountable; to confound with some sudden emotion or passion. Musidorus . . . had his wits astonished with sorrow. Sidney. I, Daniel . . . was astonished at the vision. Dan. viii. 27.
Syn.
– To amaze; astound; overwhelm; surprise.
– Astonished, Surprised. We are surprised at what is unexpected. We are astonished at what is above or beyond our comprehension. We are taken by surprise. We are struck with astonishment. C. J. Smith. See Amaze.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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