Astounded Meaning
/əˈstaʊndɪd/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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verbsimple past and past participle of astound
adjSurprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered.
"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 […]"
"[…] 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."— 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 279-282:
Sentence Examples
I was astounded by the news that Mary won the first prize.
The news of his sudden death astounded me.
CEFR Practice Quiz
When the magician pulled a rabbit from his hat, the audience was ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The crowd was ____ by the athlete's incredible performance today.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
When the magician pulled a rabbit from his hat, the audience was ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The crowd was ____ by the athlete's incredible performance today.