Astounded
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Astounded is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of astound.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of astound.
More Meanings
- Surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered.
Example Sentences
[…] now they lye Groveling and prostrate on yon Lake of Fire, As we erewhile, astounded and amaz’d, No wonder, fall’n such a pernicious highth.
[…] wrapt in Suspense And Fear I stood, yet knew not what I fear’d; When straight to my appall’d, astounded Sense A Man of noble Port and Mien appear’d.
The housewife was to take a sip of the real juice, watch the interviewer mix the Instant right before her astounded eyes, and then try the result, impressed, possibly, by its quickness and ease […]
1844, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Spectacles” in The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, New York: W.J. Widdleton, Volume 2, p. 327, Had a thunderbolt fallen at my feet I could not have been more thoroughly astounded […]
Synonyms for astounded
Depending on context, synonyms include astonished, stunned, surprised, amazed, astonied.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include astonied, amazed, astonished, surprised, stunned, staggered.
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