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astounded

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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 [...]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of astound

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: amazed, astonied, astonished, stunned

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَذْهُول (maḏhūl) — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Arabic: مذهول (mazhūl) — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Bulgarian: поразе́н (porazén) — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Bulgarian: сли́сан (slísan) — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Czech: ohromený — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Czech: užaslý — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Czech: šokovaný — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Danish: forbløffet — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Danish: lamslået — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Finnish: hämmästynyt — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Finnish: ällistynyt — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Finnish: ällikällä lyöty — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • German: erstaunt — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Hindi: चकित (cakit) — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Hindi: आश्चर्यचकित (āścaryackit) — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Hindi: विस्मित (vismit) — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Hindi: स्तंभित (stambhit) — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Hindi: अचंभित (acambhit) — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Macedonian: вчудо́виден (včudóviden) — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Macedonian: ста́писан (stápisan) — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Polish: zdumiony — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Polish: zszokowany — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Russian: изумлённый (izumljónnyj) — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Russian: поражённый (poražónnyj) — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Russian: удивлённый (udivljónnyj) — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Swedish: förvånad — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
  • Ottoman Turkish: شاشقین (şaşkın) — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
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