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

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  1. n. The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.
  2. n. Dismay; consternation.
  3. n. The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement.
  4. n. The object causing such an emotion.
  5. n. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
  6. 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. Holland. 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. Milton. 4. The object causing such an emotion. Thou shalt become an astonishment. Deut. xxviii. 37. Syn. -- Amazement; wonder; surprise.
  7. n:100 n. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising