Dictionary

astound en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /əˈstæʊnd/ (New-Zealand)
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• audio non-native
• /əˈstæɔnd/ (Australia)
• /əˈstaʊnd/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen (“to astonish”). More at astonish.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Stunned; astounded; astonished.
   • For some Moments the Esquire stood astound, he rubb’d his Eyes, look’d on his Sister, stared at the Maid: 1760, George Alexander Stevens, chapter 2, in The History of Tom Fool, volume 2, London: T. Waller, page 9:
   • Thus Ellen, dizzy and astound, As sudden ruin yawned around, By crossing terrors wildly tossed, Still for the Douglas fearing most, Could scarce the desperate thought withstand, To buy his safety with her hand. 1810, Walter Scott, “Canto II. The Island.”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, stanza XXXI, page 36:
   • […] his hollow eyne Lookt deadly dull, and stared as astound; 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 129:

Forms

astound en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /əˈstæʊnd/ (New-Zealand)
• (Midwestern-US) audio
• audio non-native
• /əˈstæɔnd/ (Australia)
• /əˈstaʊnd/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen (“to astonish”). More at astonish.

Meanings

1. To astonish, bewilder or dazzle.
   • 1982, Paul Auster, “On the High Wire” in The Art of Hunger, Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1992, p. 240, A young man had strung a wire between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral and walked and juggled and danced on it for three hours, astounding the crowds of people below.
   • The vices of the poor sometimes astound us here; but when the secrets of all hearts shall be made known, their virtues will astound us in far greater degree. Of this I am certain. 1848, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 6, in Mary Barton:
   • The yell which Isaac raised at this unfeeling communication made the very vault to ring, and astounded the two Saracens so much that they let go their hold of the Jew. 1820, Walter Scott, chapter 22, in Ivanhoe:
   • 1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 8, These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The vertuous mind […]

Forms

Deriveds

astounder · astoundable · astoundment · astounding · astounded

Translations (39)

ru удиви́ть (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · pt surpreender (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · el σαστίζω (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · el αφήνω άναυδο (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · bg слисвам (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · de überraschen (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · de erstaunen (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · cs ohromit (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · sv förvåna (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · ru изумля́ть (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · ar ذُهِل (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · io astonegar (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · fr stupéfier (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · sv förbluffa (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · bg изумявам (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · arz ذهل (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · ro ului (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · fi ällistyttää (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · fr épater (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · de verblüffen (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · el αφήνω εμβρόντητο (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · el καταπλήσσω (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · fr étonner (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · nl verbluffen (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · ro uimi (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · fr ébahir (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · es asombrar (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · ja 驚かす (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · cmn 使驚奇 /使惊奇 (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · es pasmar (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · bg поразявам (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · da forbløffe (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · uk вражати (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · ru порази́ть (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · fi äimistyttää (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · ru изуми́ть (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · ru удивля́ть (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · ru поража́ть (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle) · mi whakaohomauri (to astonish, bewilder or dazzle)