astonished

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ- -d/, /əˈstɒn.ɪʃt/
  • (US) /-ˈstɑ.nɪ-/

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• Rhymes: -ɒnɪʃt
• Hyphenation: a‧ston‧ished

Adjective

astonished (comparative more astonished, superlative most astonished)

1. Amazed; surprised.

   utterly astonished

   clearly astonished

   left astonished

   She was astonished at how quickly he solved the puzzle.

   He looked astonished when they told him the news.

Synonyms

• shocked
• speechless
• amazed
• agape
• bewildered
• See also Thesaurus:astonished

Derived terms

• astonishedly
• astonishedness
• unastonished

Translations

amazed — see also stunned

• Arabic: مَذْهُول m (maḏhūl)

  Egyptian Arabic: مذهول m (mazhuul)

• Basque: harrituta
• Bulgarian: учуден (bg) (učuden)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 讶异 (zh) (yàyì)

• Czech: ohromený (cs), užaslý
• Dutch: verbaasd (nl)
• Finnish: ällistynyt, hämmästynyt (fi), ihmeissään (fi)
• French: abasourdi (fr) m, stupéfié (fr) m
• German: erstaunt (de)
• Hebrew: מודהם (mudhám)
• Icelandic: gáttaður
• Indonesian: terkesima (id)
• Italian: attonito (it), sorpreso (it) m, stupefatto (it), sbalordito (it), senza parole, di stucco
• Japanese: びっくりする (bikkuri suru)
• Polish: zdumiony (pl)
• Portuguese: estupefato (pt) (Brazil), estupefacto (pt) (Portugal), estarrecido (pt), atônito (pt) (Brazil), atónito (pt) (Portugal)
• Romanian: uimit (ro)
• Russian: удивлённый (ru) (udivljónnyj), изумлённый (ru) (izumljónnyj), поражённый (ru) (poražónnyj)
• Sardinian:

  Logudorese: assustu

• Spanish: asombrado (es), turulato (es) (colloquial)
• Thai: ทึ่ง (tʉ̂ng)
• Tocharian B: wismai
• Turkish: şaşkın (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: شاشقین (şaşkın)

• Uyghur: ھەيران (heyran)
• Uzbek: hayron (uz)
• Welsh: syn (cy)

Verb

astonished

1. simple past and past participle of astonish