astonished

CEFRB2

/æ- -d/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Very surprised by something unexpected.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    simple past and past participle of astonish

Examples

  • I was astonished to hear what had happened.

  • I was too astonished to speak.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /əˈstɒn.ɪʃt/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Amazed; surprised.

More examples

In context

  • clearly astonished

  • left astonished

  • utterly astonished

Synonyms

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