astounded

Thân thiện

The audience was astounded by the magician's final trick.

Definition

Adjective 1. Filled with overwhelming surprise or shock: Experiencing a powerful emotional reaction caused by something extremely unexpected or difficult to believe. 2. In a state of utter amazement: Being so surprised that one is temporarily unable to react or think clearly.

Examples of Usage

• The audience was astounded by the singer's incredible vocal range.
• She was astounded to learn she had won the grand prize.
• The researchers were astounded by the unexpected results of the experiment.
• He listened, astounded, as the full story was revealed.

Advanced Usage

• To be astounded at/by something: This is the most common prepositional structure.
  • We were astounded at the sheer beauty of the landscape.
  • The jury was astounded by the new evidence presented by the defense.
• To stand astounded: A phrase emphasizing a state of frozen surprise.
  • He stood astounded before the ancient ruins, unable to speak.

Variants and Related Words

• Astound (verb): To overwhelm with amazement or shock.
  • The final twist in the movie will astound you.
• Astounding (adjective): Causing great astonishment or wonder.
  • The team made an astounding recovery to win the game.

Synonyms

• Astonished: Very surprised.
• Amazed: Filled with great surprise or wonder.
• Stunned: So shocked that one is temporarily unable to react.
• Flabbergasted: Extremely surprised (informal).
• Dumbfounded: So shocked or surprised that one is unable to speak.

Antonyms

• Unimpressed: Not feeling admiration or surprise.
• Unsurprised: Not feeling unexpected wonder or shock.
• Expectant: Having a feeling that something is about to happen.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• To one's astounded amazement: Used to emphasize the speaker's own surprise.
  • To my astounded amazement, the shy student delivered the most powerful speech.
• Leave someone astounded: To cause someone to be extremely surprised.
  • The magician's final trick left the entire audience astounded.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
   • an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation
   • I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral
   • astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing
   • stood in stunned silence
   • stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses

Từ đồng nghĩa

• amazed
• astonied
• astonished
• stunned