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Definition of Astounded
1. Adjective. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock. "Stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses"
Definition of Astounded
1. Adjective. surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Astounded
1. astound [v] - See also: astound
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astounded
Literary usage of Astounded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1892)
"He leaned against the rail for some minutes speechless "I WAS astounded TO FIND
HIM NOT ONLY GAGGED BUT HELPLESSLY BOUND." after I had released him, ..."
2. Struggles and Triumphs, Or, Forty Years' Recollections of P.T. Barnum by Phineas Taylor Barnum (1871)
"... OF MONEY — ZOOLOGICAL ERUPTION — THE CITY astounded — BABY SHOWS, AND THEIR
OBJECT — FLOWER ... astounded ..."
3. The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life by Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862)
"... did actually proceed to force such a thing down the throats of the other
astounded and reluctant States. What renders this the more remarkable is, ..."
4. New Letters of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle (1904)
"... reasoning with me on the subject, and quite "astounded" (he said) at my
indifference. I maintained that there was yet hardly the shadow of a probability ..."
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