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astonishment

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English

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*Astonishment*, lithograph byThomas Fairland afterW. H. Hunt, c. 1870s

Etymology

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Fromastonish +‎-ment.

Pronunciation

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(UK)IPA^(key): /əˈstɒnɪʃmənt/
(US)IPA^(key): /əˈstɑːnɪʃmənt/
Audio(US): (file)

Noun

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astonishment (countable anduncountable,pluralastonishments)

Thefeeling orexperience of beingastonished; greatsurprise.
Synonyms:amazement,stupefaction,wonder,wonderment
The class looked on inastonishment as their teacher proceeded to tear the pages out of the textbook.
- 1630,John Milton, “OnShakespear” inPoems of Mr. John Milton, London: Ruth Raworth, 1645 p. 27,^[1]
  Thou in our wonder andastonishment
  Hast built thy self a live-long Monument.
- 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift],Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […],→OCLC,(please specify |part=I to IV),page98:
  […] he dismissed all his Attendants with a turn of his Finger; at which, to my greatastonishment, they vanished in an Instant, like Visions in a Dream, when we awake on a sudden.
- 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter 1, inSense and Sensibility […], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published byT[homas] Egerton, […],→OCLC,page14:
  At these words, Marianne’s eyes expressed theastonishment, which her lips could not utter.
- 1908,Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 3, inAnne of Green Gables‎^[2], Boston: L.C. Page, page41:
  Marilla’sastonishment could not have been greater if Matthew had expressed a predilection for standing on his head.
- 2004,Andrea Levy, chapter 33, inSmall Island‎^[3], London: Review, page330:
  Imagine myastonishment when, reaching the bustling street, every Englishwoman I look on is also attired in a dowdy housecoat.
Something verysurprising.
Synonyms:marvel,stunner(colloquial)
- 1905,Edith Wharton,The House of Mirth‎^[4], New York: Scribner,Book 2, Chapter 9, p. 444:
  To find Ned Silverton among the habitual frequenters of Mrs. Hatch’s drawing-room was one of Lily’s firstastonishments;
- 1964,Roald Dahl, chapter 18, inCharlie and the Chocolate Factory, Puffin, published1998,page83:
  Everything he had seen so far — the great chocolate river, the waterfall, the huge sucking pipes, the candy meadows, the Oompa-Loompas, the beautiful pink boat, and most of all, Mr. Willy Wonka himself — had been so astonishing that he began to wonder whether there could possibly be any moreastonishments left.
(obsolete)Loss ofphysicalsensation;inability to move a part of the body.
Synonyms:paralysis,numbness
- 1583,Philip Barrough,The Method of Phisicke‎^[5], London: Thomas Vautroullier,Book 3, Chapter 37, p. 126:
  […] there followethastonishment of the leg that is neere, that it can neither be stretched out right, nor he cannot go on his feet.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e.,Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXIX.] 5.”, inPhilemon Holland, transl.,The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […],(please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip,→OCLC,page363:
  […] whosoever maketh water in the same place where a dog hath newly pissed, so as both vrines be mingled together, shall immediatly find a coldnesse andastonishment in his loines,
(obsolete) Loss ofmentalfaculties,inability to think or use one'ssenses.
Synonym:stupor
- 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Psalms 60:3:
  Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine ofastonishment.
- 1678,Aphra Behn, chapter 2, inThe Lives of Sundry Notorious Villains‎^[6], London: for the author, page30:
  Upon the Stage he so charmed the people intoastonishment with his babble, that he made them buy off amain his Drugs;
(obsolete) Loss ofcomposure orpresence of mind.
Synonyms:consternation,dismay
- 1590,Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto III”, inThe Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC,pages35-36:
  […] where of his cruell rage
  Nigh dead with feare, and faintastonishment,
  Shee found them both in darkesome corner pent;
- 1651,Thomas Hobbes, chapter 46, inLeviathan‎^[7], London: Andrew Crooke, page374:
  […] as when a man ignorant of the Ceremonies of Court, comming into the presence of a greater Person than he is used to speak to, and stumbling at his entrance, to save himselfe from falling, lets slip his Cloake; to recover his Cloake, lets fall his Hat; and with one disorder after another, discovers hisastonishment and rusticity.

amazement, great surprise

Arabic:ذُهُول (ar) m(ḏuhūl),دَهْشَة f(dahša),تَعَجُّب m(taʕajjub)
Egyptian Arabic:ذهول m(zuhūl)
Armenian:զարմանք (hy)(zarmankʻ)
Azerbaijani:təəccüb (az)
Belarusian:здзіўле́нне n(zdziwljénnje),падзі́ў m(padzíw)
Bengali:বিস্ময় (bn)(biśśõẏ)
Bulgarian:учу́дване (bg) n(učúdvane),удивле́ние (bg) n(udivlénie)
Catalan:estorament m,sorpresa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin:驚愕 /惊愕 (zh)(jīng'è),驚異 /惊异 (zh)(jīngyì)
Czech:údiv (cs) m,úžas (cs) m,podiv m
Danish:forbavselse
Faroese:undran f
Finnish:hämmästys (fi),hämmästyminen (fi),kummastus (fi),kummastuminen (fi)
French:étonnement (fr) m
Galician:abraio m,aglaio m,medoña (gl) f,infento m
German:Staunen (de) n,Erstaunen (de) n,Verwunderung (de) f
Greek:έκπληξη (el) f(ékplixi),κατάπληξη (el) f(katáplixi),σοκ (el) n(sok)
Ancient Greek:θάμβος n(thámbos)
Icelandic:undrun (is) f
Irish:uafás m
Italian:stupore (it) m,meraviglia (it) f,sorpresa (it) f,sbigottimento (it) m,attonimento m
Japanese:驚き (ja)(おどろき, odoroki),驚愕 (ja)(きょうがく, kyōgaku)
Korean:놀람(nollam),놀라움 (ko)(nollaum)
Macedonian:чудење n(čudenje),зачудување n(začuduvanje)
Malay:kekaguman (ms)
Malayalam:വിസ്മയം (ml)(vismayaṁ)
Manx:ard-yindys m
Māori:māharotanga
Persian:تعجب (fa)(ta'ajjob)
Polish:zdumienie (pl) n,zdziwienie (pl) n,dziw (pl) m,osłupienie (pl) n
Portuguese:surpresa (pt) f
Romanian:uimire (ro) f,surprindere (ro) f
Russian:удивле́ние (ru) n(udivlénije),изумле́ние (ru) n(izumlénije)
Slovak:údiv m,úžas m
Spanish:asombro (es) m,estupefacción (es) f,sorpresa (es) f,extrañeza (es) f
Swedish:häpenhet (sv) c,förvåning (sv) c
Tajik:тааҷҷуб(taajjub)
Turkish:şaşkınlık (tr),şaşırtı (tr),sürpriz (tr)
Ottoman Turkish:شاشقینلق(şaşkınlık)
Ukrainian:здивува́ння n(zdyvuvánnja),по́див m(pódyv)

amazing thing

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