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Definition of astound in English: astoundverb əˈstaʊndəˈstaʊnd [with object]Shock or greatly surprise. 使震惊；使惊骇 her bluntness astounded him 她的直言不讳使他大吃一惊。 Example sentencesExamples - It wouldn't be stretching the truth too much to say I was astounded.
- They wonder why the project doesn't work and it astounds me that they have to wonder that.
- They astound the audience with their skill and technique in throwing the device around and manoeuvring it on the string.
- The stupidity of this government and its inability to manage this country effectively and fairly astounds me.
- Her capacity for stupidity has surprised her in the past, but now it astounds her.
- Some of them work enormously hard and, to be honest, how some can cope with full-time jobs and doing what they do astounds me.
- Their influence over governments astounds me.
- It always astounds me how much she does around here.
- It still astounds me that anyone ever remembers that as a good moment for Democrats.
- Firefighters were called to the scene at 9.15 am and were astounded that the building had not gone up in flames.
- She astounds us all - we just look at her in absolute amazement.
- What really astounds me is that our law enforcement agency shows so little respect for the law.
- The success of the tour genuinely astounds him.
- What astounds me is not how much we love our country but the lack of bold admissions from others that they love their countries.
- My son is not yet four, so the fact that he was able to process such things astounds me.
- You know, I'm constantly astounded by how unprepared some people are for publicity.
- At times, the generosity of people astounds me.
- I was astounded that people actually felt comfortable about printing stuff like that in public.
- It still astounds me to see the damage that can be done to kids.
- Sources last night said Sir Ronnie and his senior officers were left astounded, and angry, by the break-in.
- The subsequent response and quality of the entries astounded the organisers.
Synonyms amaze, astonish, stagger, surprise, startle, stun, confound, dumbfound, stupefy, daze, nonplus throw, shake, unnerve, disconcert, discompose, bewilder take someone's breath away, take by surprise, take aback, shake up, stop someone in their tracks, strike dumb, leave open-mouthed, leave aghast, catch off balance informal flabbergast, floor, knock for six, knock someone sideways, knock out, knock the stuffing out of, bowl over, blow someone's mind, blow away
OriginMiddle English (as an adjective in the sense 'stunned'): from astoned, past participle of obsolete astone (see astonish). Rhymesabound, aground, around, bound, compound, confound, dumbfound, expound, found, ground, hound, impound, interwound, mound, pound, profound, propound, redound, round, sound, stoneground, surround, theatre-in-the-round (US theater-in-the-round), underground, wound Definition of astound in US English: astoundverbəˈstoundəˈstaʊnd [with object]Shock or greatly surprise. 使震惊；使惊骇 her bluntness astounded him 她的直言不讳使他大吃一惊。 Example sentencesExamples - It still astounds me that anyone ever remembers that as a good moment for Democrats.
- Sources last night said Sir Ronnie and his senior officers were left astounded, and angry, by the break-in.
- Her capacity for stupidity has surprised her in the past, but now it astounds her.
- Their influence over governments astounds me.
- She astounds us all - we just look at her in absolute amazement.
- What really astounds me is that our law enforcement agency shows so little respect for the law.
- It still astounds me to see the damage that can be done to kids.
- They wonder why the project doesn't work and it astounds me that they have to wonder that.
- It wouldn't be stretching the truth too much to say I was astounded.
- My son is not yet four, so the fact that he was able to process such things astounds me.
- Firefighters were called to the scene at 9.15 am and were astounded that the building had not gone up in flames.
- The success of the tour genuinely astounds him.
- The stupidity of this government and its inability to manage this country effectively and fairly astounds me.
- It always astounds me how much she does around here.
- The subsequent response and quality of the entries astounded the organisers.
- What astounds me is not how much we love our country but the lack of bold admissions from others that they love their countries.
- Some of them work enormously hard and, to be honest, how some can cope with full-time jobs and doing what they do astounds me.
- They astound the audience with their skill and technique in throwing the device around and manoeuvring it on the string.
- At times, the generosity of people astounds me.
- I was astounded that people actually felt comfortable about printing stuff like that in public.
- You know, I'm constantly astounded by how unprepared some people are for publicity.
Synonyms amaze, astonish, stagger, surprise, startle, stun, confound, dumbfound, stupefy, daze, nonplus
OriginMiddle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘stunned’): from astoned, past participle of obsolete astone (see astonish). |