Crossword clues for astonishment
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Astonishment \As*ton"ish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. estonnement, F.
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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.
--Holland. Dismay; consternation. [Archaic]
--Spenser.-
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.
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The object causing such an emotion.
Thou shalt become an astonishment.
--Deut. xxviii. 37.Syn: Amazement; wonder; surprise.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s; see astonish + -ment. Earlier it meant "paralysis" (1570s).
Wiktionary
n. 1 amazement, great surprise 2 An amazing thing or phenomenon.
WordNet
n. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; "he looked at me in astonishment" [syn: amazement]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "astonishment".
She continued to smile at him, and despite his unkempt appearance and the prison garb that marked him an absconder, she showed no sign of being afraid of him, Michael realized, with astonishment.
Their curiosity shewed me that the lady had told them of the secret, and with my astonishment there was some admixture of anger.
All aflush, she looked at him so angrily and spoke with so much spitefulness, that in his astonishment he did not even feel offended by her.
The Ampersand troops, who had memorized every detail of that layout, stared in astonishment and elation.
The officer at the telephone, who was still without his call, put down the receiver and stared at Asch in utter astonishment.
Wedelmann very courteously, so that Asch stared at him in astonishment.
After skewing myself at the two principal walks of Paris, amusing myself by the astonishment depicted on certain faces well known to me, I went and returned the ear-rings to my dear Manon, who gave an astonished but a happy cry when she saw me.
I was extremely astonished, and my astonishment was shared by the other guests.
British fans put on displays of public affection that the staid, puritanical American attendees beheld in bemused astonishment.
At last the chevochic was tired out, and taking the horse back to the stable he fastened up his head once more, and to my astonishment it began to devour its provender with the greatest appetite.
He burst into exclamations of astonishment, declared the thing impossible, incredible, and at last begged me to ask the same question, as he was quite sure that his daughter was mistaken, or rather that the oracle was deluding her.
Like an itinerant historian first beholding the rings of Qallar, he gaped in astonishment at the colours of a fayway space, at the sparkling lights and the lovely, fractalling complexity.
After supper, I drew a most affecting picture of my position, shewing that I should be in need of everything until my arrival at Rome, where I was going, I said, to fill the post of secretary of memorials, and my astonishment may be imagined when I saw the blockhead delighted at the recital of my misfortunes.
To my astonishment I butted into Umbopa, who was walking along immediately behind me, and very evidently had been listening with the greatest interest to my conversation with Infadoos.
At that very moment the two noblemen came in, and reading astonishment on my countenance, they asked me what my thoughts were so busy about.