astonishment
Meaning of astonishment
noun
- The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.
The class looked on in astonishment as their teacher proceeded to tear the pages out of the textbook.
- Something very surprising.
- Loss of physical sensation; inability to move a part of the body.
- Loss of mental faculties, inability to think or use one's senses.
- Loss of composure or presence of mind.
Information about astonishment
- It is a name.
- The plural form of astonishment is: astonishments.
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Hyphenation of astonishment
as-ton-ish-ment
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- astonishment is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
astonishment synonyms
Meaning amazement:
Meaning :
stupefaction, wonder, wonderment, marvel, stunner, numbness, paralysis, stupor, consternation, dismay
Translation of astonishment
- Italian: sorpresa
- Spanish: sorpresa, asombro
- Portuguese: surpresa
- French: étonnement
Words that rhyme with astonishment
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