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astonishment

[uh-ston-ish-muhnt]

noun

  1. overpowering wonder or surprise; amazement.

    He looked with astonishment at his friends.

  2. an object or cause of amazement.



astonishment

/ əˈɒɪʃəԳ /

noun

  1. extreme surprise; amazement

  2. a cause of amazement

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • superastonishment noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of astonishment1

First recorded in 1570–80; astonish + -ment
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For real — not like the astonishment Zoë Kravitz feigned in a Golden Globes-set episode of “The Studio,” faking disbelief at the podium when she knew all along that she was going to win.

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Forbes said she listened with "absolute astonishment" to reports that the UK government wanted to cut the recruitment of overseas care workers.

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You find yourself laughing over a montage of fresh-faced zoomers trying their hand at lyrics like “You can never quarantine the past,” and then you might admit, with equal astonishment, that it actually sounds great.

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His exuberant, color-saturated installation serves up an abundance of beauty, awe, astonishment and fun.

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“I can’t talk about anything that ever happened to me with anything less than astonishment.”

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