astound (verb)
11astound — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English astoned, from past participle of astonen Date: 14th century archaic overwhelmed with astonishment or amazement ; astounded II. transitive verb Date: 1603 to fill with bewilderment or wonder Synonyms: see… …
12astound — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. surprise, amaze, shock, startle; see surprise 1 . See Synonym Study at surprise . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. astonish, amaze, bewilder, shock, surprise, flabbergast, dumbfound, startle, take aback, *bowl over, stupefy …
13astound — a|stound [ ə staund ] verb transitive * to surprise or shock someone very much …
14astound — [əˈstaʊnd] verb [T] to surprise or shock someone very much …
15astound — /əˈstaʊnd / (say uh stownd) verb (t) 1. to overwhelm with amazement; astonish greatly. –adjective 2. Archaic astonished. {past participle of obsolete astone, astun. See astonish, stun} –astoundingly, adverb …
16astounded — astound ► VERB ▪ shock or greatly surprise. DERIVATIVES astounded adjective astounding adjective. ORIGIN related to ASTONISH(Cf. ↑astonishment) …
17astounding — astound ► VERB ▪ shock or greatly surprise. DERIVATIVES astounded adjective astounding adjective. ORIGIN related to ASTONISH(Cf. ↑astonishment) …
18astonish — verb surprise, flabbergast See Also: astound, astounding …
19astony — verb /əˈstɒni/ To stun, paralyse, astound. eyther smote other soo that hors man wente to the erthe, and so they lay long astonyed, their hors knees brast to the hard bone …
20abash — verb [usu. as adjective abashed] cause to feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed. Derivatives abashment noun Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. abaiss ; cf. OFr. esbaiss , esbair, from es utterly + bair astound …
