astonishment.
The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.
Meaning & usage
The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.
The class looked on in astonishment as their teacher proceeded to tear the pages out of the textbook.
Something very surprising.
Loss of physical sensation; inability to move a part of the body.
Loss of mental faculties, inability to think or use one's senses.
Loss of composure or presence of mind.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English astonish Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English astonishment From astonish + -ment.
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