Question 1 · Quick check
astounded
CEFRC2
/əˈstaʊndɪd/
adjective · verb
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Extremely surprised or shocked.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailSurprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered.
Examples
I was astounded by the news that Mary won the first prize.
The news of his sudden death astounded me.
At a glance
Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 3
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsimple past and past participle of astound
More examples
In context1844, 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.
[…] 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.
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