surprise, amazement
Search Dictionary
Astonishment Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Astonishment Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement.
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.
The object causing such an emotion.
(n.)
The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.
The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.
(n.)
Dismay; consternation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutDismay; consternation.
astonishment
\as*ton"ish*ment\ (&?;), n. [cf. of. estonnement, f. étonnement.]
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]
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. xxviii. 37.
Synedigaeth = n. astonishment
Uthredd = n. astonishment
Noun
1. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; "he looked at me in astonishment"
(synonym) amazement
(hypernym) feeling
(hyponym) wonder, wonderment, admiration
(derivation) amaze, astonish, astound
Astonishment Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
astonishment; fear
naming, or astonishment, of God
astonishment; stupidity
loss; desolation; astonishment
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. AboutAstonishment Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
noun
great surprise; to the doctor's great astonishment, she suddenly started to walk
great surprise; to the doctor's great astonishment, she suddenly started to walk
