astounded
/əstˈaʊndɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of astound
adj
Surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered.
Example Sentences
- "[…] now they lye Groveling and prostrate on yon Lake of Fire, As we erewhile, astounded and amaz’d, No wonder, fall’n such a pernicious highth."
- "[…] wrapt in Suspense And Fear I stood, yet knew not what I fear’d; When straight to my appall’d, astounded Sense A Man of noble Port and Mien appear’d."
- "1844, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Spectacles” in The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, New York: W.J. Widdleton, Volume 2, p. 327, Had a thunderbolt fallen at my feet I could not have been more thoroughly astounded […]"
- "The housewife was to take a sip of the real juice, watch the interviewer mix the Instant right before her astounded eyes, and then try the result, impressed, possibly, by its quickness and ease […]"
Inflected Forms
more astounded (comparative)
most astounded (superlative)