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ASTONISHMENT
astonishment, amazement
(noun) the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; “he looked at me in astonishment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
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
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