- 1. n. The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense. Source: opted
- 2. n. Dismay; consternation. Source: opted
- 3. n. The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement. Source: opted
- 4. n. The object causing such an emotion. Source: opted
- 5. n. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 7. n:100 n. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising Source: ecdict
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