astonishment, amazement
(noun) the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; “he looked at me in astonishment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
astonishment (countable and uncountable, plural astonishments)
amazement, great surprise
An amazing thing or phenomenon.
Source: Wiktionary
As*ton"ish*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. est, F. Ă©tonnement.]
1. The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense. [Obs.] A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. Holland.
2. Dismay; consternation. [Archaic] Spenser.
3. The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement. Lest the place And my quaint habits breed astonishment. Milton.
4. The object causing such an emotion. Thou shalt become an astonishment. Deut. xxviii. 37.
Syn.
– Amazement; wonder; surprise.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
