Synonyms for astound
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-stound |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈstaʊnd |
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Définition of astound
Origin :- mid-15c., from Middle English astouned, astoned (c.1300), past participle of astonen, astonien "to stun" (see astonish), with more of the original sense of Vulgar Latin *extonare. Related: Astounded; astounding.
- verb amaze
- I struck my repeater, and this seemed to astound her greatly.
- Extract from : « Carmen » by Prosper Merimee
- "Your son is not the only one to astound me," said Monsignor.
- Extract from : « The Art of Disappearing » by John Talbot Smith
- My dear Monsieur Malicorne, you astound, you positively bewilder me.
- Extract from : « Louise de la Valliere » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
- A series of boxes on the ears from Boddy began to astound and transform me.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete » by George Meredith
- He was ever ready to astound and charm his listeners by describing his methods.
- Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry
- It will astound you like Schopenhauer, the same profundity and lucidity.
- Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 » by Elizabeth Bisland
- I mean, he says things to make a sensationto shock or astound his audience.
- Extract from : « The Luminous Face » by Carolyn Wells
- This determination not to understand led me into delusions which now astound me.
- Extract from : « My Religion » by Leo Tolstoy
- Yet she was a rare enough exception to astound my abstracted mind.
- Extract from : « The Pacific Triangle » by Sydney Greenbie
- It was small in area, and the external differences were not so great as to astound us.
- Extract from : « Herland » by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman
Antonyms for astound
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