Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To astonish and bewilder. synonym: surprise.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Astonished; confounded. See
aston . - To astonish greatly; strike dumb with amazement; amaze; alarm.
- Synonyms Surprise, Astonish, Amaze, etc. (see
surprise ); confound, stagger, dumfounder, stupefy, shock. - To cause astonishment; amaze; stun.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Archaic Stunned; astounded; astonished.
- transitive verb To stun; to stupefy.
- transitive verb To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
astonish ,bewilder ordazzle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb affect with wonder
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, to amaze; see astonish.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen ("to astonish").
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oroboros commented on the word astound
aSToUNd
April 24, 2008