astound
verb (used with object)
to overwhelm with amazement; astonish greatly; shock with wonder or surprise.
astoundment
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a word derived from
astound.
Example Sentences
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Some of those very same vistas may have inspired the works he rendered for our astoundment and pleasure on his show.
From Salon ● May 2, 2026
Into this she sank, half fainting, and sat shaking with astoundment, with horror, with wrath.
From No. 13 Washington Square by Leroy Scott
Being fair agasp with astoundment at this new spinning of fate's wheel, I sprang up quickly—and was as quickly glad to fall back upon the pallet.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Francis Lynde
A man had just landed from an Indian canoe, and stood on the bank, regarding him in evident astoundment.
From Five Thousand Dollars Reward by A. Frank [pseud.] Pinkerton
Evan Blount started back, and his exclamation was of pure astoundment.
From The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Francis Lynde
