astounded

adjective

as·​tound·​ed ə-ˈstau̇n-dəd 

: feeling or showing great surprise or wonder : astonished, amazed

was astounded to hear the news

We were too astounded to speak. We could only stand there staring in amazement.

—Arthur Conan Doyle

Synonyms of astounded

• amazed
• stunned
• shocked
• astonished
• surprised

Examples of astounded in a Sentence

were astounded to realize that we were holding the winning lottery ticket

the astounded look on the tourists' faces when the police ordered them to leave the country immediately

Recent Examples on the Web

Shortly after, the director saw Holbrook playing Johnny Cash in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, and was astounded by the actor’s range. —Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026

Even players were astounded by Sterling’s commitment. —Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 4 May 2026

The thousands who came to see his 1857 painting of Niagara Falls, first in the United States and then in Britain, were astounded by its immense scale and unique perspective. —Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

The 50-year-old was astounded when his most recent bill hit $367. —Josh Saul, Bloomberg, 13 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

originally doubled past participle of astonen, astonien "to stun, daze, surprise" — more at astonish

First Known Use

circa 1540, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for astounded

• abounded
• compounded
• confounded
• expounded
• foregrounded
• impounded
• propounded
• rebounded
• resounded
• subrounded
• surrounded
• unbounded