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astonished

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[uh-ston-isht] / əˈstɒn ɪʃt /

adjective

  1. filled with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amazed.

    Before the eyes of the astonished crowd, the magician pulled off everything from simple card tricks to the disappearance of his lovely assistant.

verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of astonish.

Other Word Forms

  • astonishedly adverb
  • unastonished adjective

Etymology

Origin of astonished

First recorded in 1510–20, for an earlier sense; astonish + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective sense; astonish + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense

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