Meaning of ASTOUND
| Pronunciation: | | u'stawnd
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | [v] affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" |
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | amaze, astonish |
| |
| | See Also: | | dazzle, surprise | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
\As*tound"\, a. [OE. astouned, astound, astoned, p. p.
of astone. See {Astone}.]
Stunned; astounded; astonished. [Archaic] --Spenser.
Thus Ellen, dizzy and astound. As sudden ruin yawned
around. --Sir W.
Scott.
\As*tound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Astounded}, [Obs.]
{Astound}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Astounding}.] [See {Astound}, a.]
1. To stun; to stupefy.
No puissant stroke his senses once astound.
--Fairfax.
2. To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with
wonder, surprise, or fear.
These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The
virtuous mind. --Milton.
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | abash, amaze, appall, astonish, awe, awestrike, bedaze, bedazzle, bewilder, boggle, bowl down, bowl over, confound, daze, dazzle, discomfit, disconcert, dismay, dumbfound, dumbfounder, flabbergast, floor, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, put out, shock, stagger, startle, strike dead, strike dumb, strike with wonder, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback |
| |
|
|
|