Astonished

/æ- -d/ adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of astonish form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Amazed; surprised.

    "utterly astonished"

Adjective
  1. 1
    filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
amazedstunnedabackagapeagazeaghast

Example

More examples

"I was astonished to hear what had happened."

More for "astonished"

Synonyms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsBrowse writing guidesExplore topic clusters