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UK
/ɐstˈaʊndɪd/
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[ US /əˈstaʊndɪd/ ]
[ US /əˈstaʊndɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral
an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation
stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses
astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing
stood in stunned silence
How To Use astounded In A Sentence
- Astounded, I continued to adjust the hydroscope to a range incredible, turning the screw to focus at a mile and a half, at two miles, at two and a quarter, a half, three-quarters, three miles, three miles and a quarter -- click! Police!!!
- You will be astounded to hear the initiative was taken by an entrepreneur wishing to boost the sale of postage stamps. Times, Sunday Times
- OKAY, I am astounded that a waiter would divulge the full recipe and the key to one of their top dishes, namely the secret ingredient of "corks". Osteria Mozza, Los Angeles - A Spontaneous Hundred-Dollar Snack
- Our predecessors of a century ago or in the midst of the Second World War would be astounded at how acquiescent our policy-makers are about this prospect.
- Looking back, I still remain astounded that it all came together so quickly and easily. Times, Sunday Times
- When at last he raised his head, his expression astounded me. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle
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- downeasters," they were perfectly astounded by this second specimen of life in the wilderness; the men, being especially unused to bushfighting and the use of the rifle, were at a loss how to proceed. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
- I'm kind of astounded," says Tony Gierzynski, a campaign-finance expert at the University of Vermont. Fundraising shows Dem race shaping up as 'battle of titans'
- He had been as openly astounded and as privately elated by Collingridge's bombshell as the rest of his colleagues.