Astonishment
[ə'stɒnɪʃmənt] or [ə'stɑnɪʃmənt]
Definition
(noun.) the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; 'he looked at me in astonishment'.
Checker: Sophia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.
(n.) Dismay; consternation.
(n.) The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement.
(n.) The object causing such an emotion.
Checker: Marie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Amazement, wonder, surprise, awe, ADMIRATION.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wonder, surprise, marvel, amazement, admiration, awe, bewilderment,stupefaction, fascination
ANT:Expectance, expectation, anticipation, foreseeing, absence_of_wonder, awe, etc
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Examples
- The girl refused; and for the first time, and to the astonishment of the majestic mistress of the school. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I am all astonishment. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- They supplied me as fast as they could, showing a thousand marks of wonder and astonishment at my bulk and appetite. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Astonishment, apprehension, and even horror, oppressed her. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- They both lost their heads with astonishment on being set loose at that time of night, and jumped upon me like a couple of puppies! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- To Leinster's joy and our astonishment, Lord Worcester said he must really decline my very polite offer, grateful as he felt for it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He turned the crank, and to the astonishment of those present it said. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A great astonishment burst upon him, as if the air had broken. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- To the astonishment of my clerk, I at once decided on granting an interview to the gentleman below. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Mr. Browlow was no less surprised, although his astonishment was not expressed in the same eccentric manner. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Then with a grand effort she rallied from the shock, and a supreme astonishment and indignation chased every other expression from her features. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Gabriel started up, and stood rooted to the spot with astonishment and terror; for his eyes rested on a form that made his blood run cold. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I am sorry I do NOT, said Elinor, in great astonishment, if it could be of any use to YOU to know my opinion of her. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She glanced up at his face, with mingled astonishment and dread. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Certainly, if you wish it, Mr. Holmes, said the girl in astonishment. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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