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ASTONISHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
Example:
stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses
Synonyms:
amazed; astonied; astonished; astounded; stunned
Classified under:
Similar:
surprised (taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb astonish
Context examples:
He scrambled backward, bursting out in an astonished explosion of ki-yi's.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
We were astonished at the ease with which the spar was lifted.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Astonished at the sight, I leaned forward to pick it off, when, to my horror, it burst between my finger and thumb, squirting blood in every direction.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In the meantime the astonished team-dogs had burst out of their nests only to be set upon by the fierce invaders.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
It astonished me how long the drug took to act. This, in fact, marked the extent of her weakness.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
"It astonished me to see him whirl around so. Is the other one stuffed also?"
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Marianne was astonished to find how much the imagination of her mother and herself had outstripped the truth.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
He then said, I have received a letter this morning that has astonished me exceedingly.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I remember, the first time that I did this, the young woman, when she opened the door in the morning, appeared greatly astonished on seeing a great pile of wood on the outside.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
He was astonished at this and called out: Hi! your reverence, whither away so quickly?
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
