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7 lettersPronunciation /əˈstaʊnd/Part of speech verbSorted adnostuStarts with AEnds with D0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. affect with wonder

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 8, These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The vertuous mind […]
  • 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.
  • 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.

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