be astonished or astounded

  • 1astounded — adj. 1. struck with an intense and usually sudden surprise sufficient to produce wonder or perplexity Syn: amazed, astonied, astonished, dumbfounded, flabbergasted, stunned, stupefied, thunderstruck [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 2astonished — adjective filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock (Freq. 4) an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral astounded viewers wept at… …

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  • 3astounded — adjective filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral astounded viewers wept at the… …

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  • 4astounded — [[t]əsta͟ʊndɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ by/at n, ADJ to inf, ADJ that If you are astounded by something, you are very shocked or surprised that it could exist or happen. I was astounded by its beauty... I am astounded at the comments made by the… …

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  • 5astounded — as|tound|ed [əˈstaundıd] adj very surprised or shocked = ↑astonished astounded by/at ▪ She was astounded by his arrogance …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6astounded — adjective surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered …

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  • 7astounded — Synonyms and related words: agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, appalled, ashen, astonished, at gaze, awed, awestricken, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, blanched, breathless, captivated, confounded, cowed, deadly pale, dumbfounded …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 8astonished — adj. amazed, astounded, stunned as·ton·ish || É™ stÉ’nɪʃ v. surprise, amaze …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 9astonished — adj astounded, amazed, dumbfounded, Inf. flabbergasted; taken aback, floored, shocked, aghast, jolted, Inf. bowled over, Inf. caught up short; struck dumb, at a loss for words, stupefied, petrified, numbed; startled, surprised, disconcerted;… …

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  • 10as|tound´ment — as|tound «uh STOWND», verb, adjective. –v.t. to shock with alarm or surprise; surprise very greatly; amaze: »She was astounded by the news that she had won the contest. I am astounded by the opinion of some of our city high school teachers that… …

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