astonishment

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From verb astonish + suffix of state -ment

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[edit] Noun

Singular
astonishment

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural astonishments

astonishment (countable and uncountable; plural astonishments)

  1. amazement, great surprise
  2. An amazing thing or phenomenon.
    • 1964: Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
      Everything he had seen so far--the great chocolate river, the waterfall, the huge sucking pipes, the candy meadows, the Oompa-Loompas, the beautiful pink boat, and most of all, Mr. Willy Wonka himself--had been so astonishing that he began to wonder whether there could possibly be anymore astonishments left.

[edit] Translations

amazement, great surprise
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