Definitions
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
Word origin
From astonish + -ment.
Used in a sentence
“The class looked on in astonishment as their teacher proceeded to tear the pages out of the textbook.”
“1630, John Milton, “On Shakespear” in Poems of Mr. John Milton, London: Ruth Raworth, 1645 p. 27, Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thy self a live-long Monument.”
“[…] he dismissed all his Attendants with a turn of his Finger; at which, to my great astonishment, they vanished in an Instant, like Visions in a Dream, when we awake on a sudden.”
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01“Great surprise”12 letters
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