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astounded

astounded is the simple past and past participle of astound.

Meaning of astound

Verb

astound (third-person singular simple present astounds, present participle astounding, simple past and past participle astounded)

  1. 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

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Adjective

astounded (comparative more astounded, superlative most astounded)

  1. Surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered.
    • […] now they lye
      Groveling and prostrate on yon Lake of Fire,
      As we erewhile, astounded and amaz’d,
      No wonder, fall’n such a pernicious highth.1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
    • […] wrapt in Suspense
      And Fear I stood, yet knew not what I fear’d;
      When straight to my appall’d, astounded Sense
      A Man of noble Port and Mien appear’d.1774, Thomas Hull, Richard Plantagenet: A Legendary Tale, London: J. Bell, page 13

Forms of astounded

comparativemore astounded
superlativemost astounded

Words formed from astounded

Questions about astounded

What does astounded mean?
Astounded means surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered.
What is astounded the simple past and past participle of?
Astounded is the simple past and past participle of astound.
What part of speech is astounded?
Astounded is an adjective.

Words near astounded in the dictionary

  1. Astorinos
  2. astorperious
  3. Astors
  4. astound
  5. astoundable
  6. astounded
  7. astoundedly
  8. astoundedness
  9. astounder
  10. astounders
  11. astoundest

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