astonishment
n.
surprise, amazement
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
(n.)
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.
(n.)
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.
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astonishment
noun
great surprise; to the doctor's great astonishment, she suddenly started to walk
Harod
astonishment; fear
Jesimiel
naming, or astonishment, of God
Narcissus
astonishment; stupidity
Shammah
loss; desolation; astonishment
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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