Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Amazement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Amazement.
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- noun
amazement
Etymologies
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Examples
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I think 75% of the farmers were selling peaches, to my astoundment.
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To my considerable astoundment, he nominated me to replace him here -- a decision he blames partly on a visit to the college science fiction course I taught using methods stolen shamelessly from him and John.
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The messenger stared about him in dazed astoundment.
Dragons of a Fallen Sun Weis, Margaret 2000
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A man had just landed from an Indian canoe, and stood on the bank, regarding him in evident astoundment.
Five Thousand Dollars Reward A. Frank [pseud.] Pinkerton
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August Bordine stood handcuffed and a prisoner, his face the picture of utter astoundment.
Five Thousand Dollars Reward A. Frank [pseud.] Pinkerton
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It did not gaze at the shrinking couple in astoundment.
No. 13 Washington Square Leroy Scott 1902
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Into this she sank, half fainting, and sat shaking with astoundment, with horror, with wrath.
No. 13 Washington Square Leroy Scott 1902
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The Judge and Jack and Mary gazed down at her in uttermost astoundment.
No. 13 Washington Square Leroy Scott 1902
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While I was blinking and rubbing my eyes in astoundment, a big, bearded man whose face was strangely familiar opened the door and whipped the captured pistol from the seat.
Branded Francis Lynde 1893
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"If I'm -- but I'm not amenable to your reasons!" blustered the president, recovering a little from the first shock of terrified astoundment.
The Price Francis Lynde 1893
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