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ASTOUNDED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
Example:
stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses
Synonyms:
amazed; astonied; astonished; astounded; stunned
Classified under:
Similar:
surprised (taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb astound
Context examples:
To my astounded senses the one seems most terrible and the other as black as night.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was their ignorance that astounded him.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He was swept off his feet by the other's work, and astounded that no attempt had been made to publish it.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw. He was astounded. His mouth opened a little and he looked at Gatsby and then back at Daisy as if he had just recognized her as some one he knew a long time ago.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
