astounded

adjective

as·​tound·​ed ə-ˈstau̇n-dəd 

: feeling or showing great surprise or wonder : astonished, amazed

was astounded to hear the news

We were too astounded to speak. We could only stand there staring in amazement.

—Arthur Conan Doyle

Synonyms

• amazed
• astonished
• awestruck
• awestricken
• bowled over
• dumbfounded
• dumfounded
• dumbstruck
• flabbergasted
• shocked
• stunned
• stupefied
• thunderstruck

Examples of astounded in a Sentence

were astounded to realize that we were holding the winning lottery ticket

the astounded look on the tourists' faces when the police ordered them to leave the country immediately

Recent Examples on the Web

Tell him what happened then only to go Snoop’s astounded broadcast partner, the ur-straight-man Mike Tirico, could only laugh. —Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024

Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Meagan Flynn said in an interview that she’s been astounded at the various approaches emerging in other states since Oregon’s move. —Erika Bolstad, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024

Weir said the staff accompanying her were just as astounded and apologized to her. —Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 29 June 2024

Jenna Bush Hager is astounded by her daughter's makeup skills. —Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

originally doubled past participle of astonen, astonien "to stun, daze, surprise" — more at astonish

First Known Use

circa 1540, in the meaning defined above