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English Dictionary: astonishment by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
astonishment
n
  1. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; "he looked at me in astonishment"
    Synonym(s): astonishment, amazement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Astonishment \As*ton"ish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. estonnement, F.
      [82]tonnement.]
      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.
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