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How to pronounce astonished in English?

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Synonyms amazed, astonied, astounded, stunned


I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral.

Examples of astonished

astonished
Maybe it is the weight loss but the arched eyebrows are less astonished-looking.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Their American guests, astonished to be there at all, spoke of a thaw beginning.
From the economist.com
Like many, Baird is astonished at the pace of pushing the bill through Congress.
From the businessweek.com
When i first loaded up the Just Cause 2 demo, I was astonished at the backdrops.
From the metro.co.uk
But the result of their efforts astonished the researchers, as it astonishes me.
From the economist.com
You'd be astonished the amount of virtuosos who go through the day without that.
From the iftomm2003.com
He quotes a Latin pupil astonished to find that she is learning a dead language.
From the time.com
Levine still seems astonished at how easy it was to get rich the ill-gotten way.
From the time.com
People are astonished when I tell them we have 350 employees in Embassy Budapest.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Amazed: filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock; "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 ...
  • (astonishing) amazing: surprising greatly; "she does an amazing amount of work"; "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks"
  • (astonishing) so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"
  • (astonishment) the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; "he looked at me in astonishment"
  • Amazed; surprised
  • (astonishing) Causing astonishment in; causing to be astonished
  • (astonishment) amazement, great surprise; An amazing thing or phenomenon
  • (Astonishment) The state of being amazed or in wonder. E.g., "Miss Elizabeth Bennet! I am all astonishment!" - Caroline Bingley