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Astonishment   /əstˈɑnɪʃmənt/   Listen
noun
Astonishment  n.  
1.
The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense. (Obs.) "A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say."
2.
Dismay; consternation. (Archaic)
3.
The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement. "Lest the place And my quaint habits breed astonishment."
4.
The object causing such an emotion. "Thou shalt become an astonishment."
Synonyms: Amazement; wonder; surprise.





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"Astonishment" Quotes from Famous Books



... which was aimed at them in earnest. Thirteen hundred pirate ships were burnt. Their docks and arsenals were destroyed, and their fortresses were razed. Twenty-two thousand prisoners fell into the hands of Pompey. To the astonishment of mankind, Pompey neither impaled them, as the Senate had impaled the followers of Spartacus, nor even sold them for slaves. He was contented to scatter them among inland colonies, where they could ...
— Caesar: A Sketch • James Anthony Froude
... wonder, marvel; astonishment, amazement, wonderment, bewilderment; amazedness &c. adj[obs3].; admiration, awe; stupor, stupefaction; stound|, fascination; sensation; surprise &c. (inexpectation) 5O8[obs3]. note of admiration; thaumaturgy &c.(sorcery) 992[obs3]. V. wonder, marvel, admire; be surprised &c. adj.; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus
... that one might well experience astonishment at finding so many of the ablest writers on the subject flatly denying that the activity we live through in these situations is real. Merely to feel active is not to be active, in their sight. The agents that appear in the experience are not real agents, ...
— A Pluralistic Universe - Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the - Present Situation in Philosophy • William James
... conceal his astonishment. Never in all his life had he heard language like this. Nevertheless, distrust and pride triumphed still over ...
— Stories of Modern French Novels • Julian Hawthorne
... throw the hounds off the scent of the fox," he said; and, to our astonishment, he proceeded to tear down the heavy curtains from two windows, having first locked the door and closed the outer shutters. He then tore the curtains into long strips, knotting them together; we pulled upon them to test their strength. He then opened one of the windows and dropped ...
— Caesar's Column • Ignatius Donnelly


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