What is the meaning of astonished?

verb

  • Affect with wonder.
    • usage: "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me"

adjective

  • Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
    • usage: "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"
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