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   As·tound

   /əˈstound/

   

   verb

   • 1. shock or greatly surprise: "her bluntness astounded him"

   Word Origin Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘stunned’): from astoned, past participle of obsolete astone (see astonish).

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   • surprise, astonish, astound, amaze, flabbergast mean to impress forcibly through unexpectedness. surprise stresses causing an effect through being unexpected but not necessarily unusual or novel. astonish implies surprising so greatly as to seem incredible. astound stresses the shock of astonishment. amaze suggests an effect of bewilderment.

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   • Other forms: astounding; astounded; astounds Astound means to amaze. Savants, or those with extreme brain abnormalities, can astound people by their ability to play Beethoven sonatas on the piano after having heard them only once.

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   • 1 affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise. were astounded to realize that we were holding the winning lottery ticket. Synonyms for astounded. amazed, astonished, awestruck. (also awestricken), bowled over, dumbfounded.

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   • astonish implies surprising so greatly as to seem incredible. astound stresses the shock of astonishment. amaze suggests an effect of bewilderment. flabbergast may suggest thorough astonishment and bewilderment or dismay. Verb The magician will astound you with his latest tricks. What astounds me is that they never apologized.

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