astounded en · ADJ
Meanings
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Surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered.
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 […]
[…] 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.
1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 279-282:[…] 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.
1774, Thomas Hull, Richard Plantagenet: A Legendary Tale, London: J. Bell, page 13: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 […]
1969, Margaret Atwood, chapter 19, in The Edible Woman, New York: Popular Library, published 1976, page 168:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more astounded | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most astounded | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
astoundedly · astoundedness · unastounded
Translations (27)
cs ohromený (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · bg сли́сан (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · hi अचंभित (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · ar مَذْهُول (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · ru удивлённый (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · cs užaslý (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · hi विस्मित (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · pl zdumiony (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · da lamslået (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · cs šokovaný (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · ru изумлённый (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · arz مذهول (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · ota شاشقین (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · pl zszokowany (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · da forbløffet (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · mk ста́писан (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · fi ällistynyt (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · de erstaunt (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · hi चकित (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · hi आश्चर्यचकित (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · fi ällikällä lyöty (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · hi स्तंभित (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · mk вчудо́виден (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · bg поразе́н (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · ru поражённый (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · fi hämmästynyt (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered) · sv förvånad (surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered)