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Another word for astonishment

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Noun

  1. The emotion aroused by something awe-inspiring or astounding

    See also:

    feelings

    excite

  2. One that evokes great surprise and admiration

    Idioms:
    See also:

    good

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Another word for astonishment

Noun
  1. See also:

    wonder

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • A look of astonishment crossed his face as he turned.

  • To his astonishment, the Other went.

  • Her astonishment, when she felt the tiny creature inside, cannot be put in a letter.

  • He kept looking to either side of the road for familiar faces, but only saw everywhere the unfamiliar faces of various military men of different branches of the service, who all looked with astonishment at his white hat and green tail coat.

  • The French followed him with astonishment in their eyes chiefly because Pierre, unlike all the other Russians who gazed at the French with fear and curiosity, paid no attention to them.

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