Definitions for astonished
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1. amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned(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"

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1. astonished(Adjective)

   Amazed; surprised.

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1. Astonished

   of Astonish

How to pronounce astonished?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of astonished in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of astonished in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of astonished in a Sentence

1. Enid Bagnold:

   Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it's the answer to everything. To Why am I here? To uselessness. It's the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin down, to build up, to create, to be astonished at nothing, to cherish the oddities, to let nothing go down the drain, to make something, to make a great flower out of life, even if it's a cactus.

2. Nita Lowey:

   I am astonished that three years into his administration, the president still does not appreciate the merits of sustained investments in diplomacy and development.

3. Peter Kellner:

   I would personally be astonished if Corbyn does not end up as Labour's leader.

4. Mark Twain:

   When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.

5. Fran Lebowitz:

   When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.

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