Definition of astonishment
1a : a feeling of great surprise and wonder : the state of being astonished : amazement The garden's beauty filled me with astonishment.b : consternation
2 : something that astonishes : a cause of amazement or wonder Everything that he had seen so far … had been so astonishing that he began to wonder whether there could possibly be any more astonishments left. — Roald Dahl
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Examples of astonishment in a Sentence
The garden's beauty filled me with astonishment.
A crowd watched in astonishment as he jumped from the bridge.
They discovered to their astonishment that their car had been stolen.
Much to the astonishment of her friends and family, she left school to pursue her acting career.
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But perhaps the most incredible discovery (by metric of the livestreamed astonishment of the crew) was the carcass of a Hellcat fighter plane in the belly of the carrier.
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First Known Use of astonishment
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: a feeling of being very surprised
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