astound
UK/əˈstaʊnd/
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Australia/əˈstæɔnd/
astound verb: to astonish, bewilder or dazzle.
Verb
astound (third-person singular simple present astounds, present participle astounding, simple past and past participle astounded)
- To astonish, bewilder or dazzle.
- These thoughts may startle well, but not astound
The vertuous mind […]1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 8 - The yell which Isaac raised at this unfeeling communication made the very vault to ring, and astounded the two Saracens so much that they let go their hold of the Jew.1820, Walter Scott, chapter 22, in Ivanhoe
- These thoughts may startle well, but not astound
Adjective
astound (comparative more astound, superlative most astound)
- Stunned; astounded; astonished.
- […] his hollow eyne
Lookt deadly dull, and stared as astound;1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 129 - For some Moments the Esquire stood astound, he rubb’d his Eyes, look’d on his Sister, stared at the Maid:1760, George Alexander Stevens, chapter 2, in The History of Tom Fool, volume 2, London: T. Waller, page 9
- […] his hollow eyne
astound meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Arabic
astound in Tamil
- வியப்பை உண்டாக்கு, பிரமிக்க வை, திகைப்படையச்செய், அதிர்ச்சியூட்டு
astound in Bengali
- অত্যন্ত বিস্মিত করা, স্তম্ভিত করা
astound in Malayalam
- ആശ്ചര്യപ്പെടുക
astound in Arabic
- to astonish, bewilder or dazzle
- ذُهِل ḏuhil
Forms of astound
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | astounds |
| present participle | astounding |
| past participle | astounded |
| past | astounded |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more astound |
| superlative | most astound |
Origin of astound
From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen (“to astonish”). More at astonish.
Words formed from astound
Words that rhyme with astound
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- abound
- bound
- hound
- profound
- impound
- unbound
- underground
- crowned
- found
- remound
- surround
- unsound
- aground
- embrowned
- expound
- gound
- overground
- sqround
- surround sound
- unconfound
- uncrowned
- baffound
- below ground
- blound
- browned
- charging the mound
- clowned
- downed
- drowned
- found sound
- frowned
- gowned
- interwound
- lb
- newfound
- overwound
- playaround
- reground
- renowned
- rewound
- unfound
- unrenowned
- unwound
- wound
- York round
Questions about astound
- What does astound mean?
- Astound means to astonish, bewilder or dazzle.
- What is astound in Tamil?
- Astound in Tamil is வியப்பை உண்டாக்கு, பிரமிக்க வை, திகைப்படையச்செய். See Astound meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is astound?
- Astound can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce astound?
- Astound is pronounced /əˈstaʊnd/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of astound?
- The past tense of astound is astounded.
Words near astound in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: astound (page history and authors); astound (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); astound (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); astound (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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