astonishment

[As*ton·ish*ment]

Astonishment is what you feel when you're extremely surprised. If a cat stood up and recited the Preamble to the Constitution, you’d stare in astonishment.

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The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.

Noun
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; "he looked at me in astonishment"


n.
The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.

n.
Dismay; consternation.

n.
The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement.

n.
The object causing such an emotion.


Astonishment

As*ton"ish*ment , n. [Cf. OF. estnnement, F. '82tonnement.] 1. The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense. [Obs.]
A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say.
2. Dismay; consternation. [Archaic] Spenser. 3. The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement.
Lest the place And my quaint habits breed astonishment.
4. The object causing such an emotion.
Thou shalt become an astonishment.
Syn. -- Amazement; wonder; surprise.

The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.

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Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess.

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