Crossword clues for astonished
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Astonish \As*ton"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astonished; p. pr. & vb. n. Astonishing.] [OE. astonien, astunian, astonen, OF. estoner, F. ['e]tonner, fr. L. ex out + tonare to thunder, but perhaps influenced by E. stun. See Thunder, Astound, Astony.]
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To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow. [Obs.]
Enough, captain; you have astonished him. [Fluellen had struck Pistol].
--Shak.The very cramp-fish [i. e., torpedo] . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others.
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To strike with sudden fear, terror, or wonder; to amaze; to surprise greatly, as with something unaccountable; to confound with some sudden emotion or passion.
Musidorus . . . had his wits astonished with sorrow.
--Sidney.I, Daniel . . . was astonished at the vision.
--Dan. viii. 27.Syn: To amaze; astound; overwhelm; surprise.
Usage: Astonished, Surprised. We are surprised at what is unexpected. We are astonished at what is above or beyond our comprehension. We are taken by surprise. We are struck with astonishment.
--C. J. Smith. See Amaze.
Wiktionary
amazed; surprised. v
(en-past of: astonish)
WordNet
adj. filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock; "an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation"; "I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral"; "astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing"; "stood in stunned silence"; "stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses" [syn: amazed, astonied, astounded, stunned]
Usage examples of "astonished".
These two Bacchantes began to imitate the caresses I lavished on my housekeeper, who was quite astonished at the amorous fury with which my attendant played the part of a man with the other girl.
She was scarcely out of the room before I was in despair at not having followed the inclination of my nature, and, astonished at the fact that Bettina could do to me all she was in the habit of doing without feeling any excitement from it, while I could hardly refrain from pushing my attacks further, I would every day determine to change my way of acting.
I am astonished that love, which is not a disease, should have made you ill, and that it should have exactly the opposite effect upon me.
Lucrezia was astonished and delighted, and covered us both with kisses.
I was only astonished that the cardinal had so readily accepted my choice.
My excellent appetite astonished him, and he enquired whether I had dined.
Her husband, captain of a galley, had come to Corfu with her the year before, and madam had greatly astonished all the naval officers.
Your patience and constancy have astonished me, and have caused me to be guilty, for after the first kiss I gave you I had no longer any control over myself.
Rooted to the spot, astonished, almost mad, I tremblingly looked at her, trying to understand what had caused such an extraordinary action.
Three or four months afterwards the chevalier Nicolas Iron, then one of the inquisitors, astonished me greatly by telling me the whole story, giving the names of all the actors.
I had read Plato, and I was astonished at finding a man who could reason like Socrates.
Bragadin said that he was not astonished, that it was according to cabalistic science, and that he knew it.
I rather astonished him by telling him that I was glad to lose, for I thought him a much more agreeable companion when he was winning.
I saw an old, broken-down crone whose toilet astonished me as much as her person.
After I had given all my orders very seriously and without any wish to laugh, I went to bed highly pleased with my personification of a magician, in which I was astonished to find myself so completely successful.