astound

verb

as·tound | \ ə-ˈstau̇nd

astounded; astounding; astounds

Definition of astound

(Entry 1 of 2)

: to fill with bewilderment or wonder The unusual surgical techniques illustrated … will astound even the most bemused readers.— Alan T. Marty

astound

adjective

Definition of astound (Entry 2 of 2)

archaic

: overwhelmed with astonishment or amazement : astounded

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Verb

surprise, astonish, astound, amaze, flabbergast mean to impress forcibly through unexpectedness. surprise stresses causing an effect through being unexpected but not necessarily unusual or novel. surprised to find them at home astonish implies surprising so greatly as to seem incredible. a discovery that astonished the world astound stresses the shock of astonishment. too astounded to respond amaze suggests an effect of bewilderment. amazed by the immense size of the place flabbergast may suggest thorough astonishment and bewilderment or dismay. flabbergasted by his angry refusal

Examples of astound in a Sentence

Verb

The magician will astound you with his latest tricks. What astounds me is that they never apologized.

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By every metric, and no matter who is calculating the data, the growth of hard seltzer has been astounding this summer. — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, "What’s the best hard seltzer? The worst? Is it a fad? We have answers.," 2 July 2019 Though Billions had been setting Bobby on this road for a while, ever since he was astounded by his friend’s decision to retire to Florida instead of making money. — Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, "Billions Season 4 Finale Recap: Et Tu, Bobby?," 4 June 2019 Both Colbert and Noah were astounded that Trump made incendiary comments about Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, and London Mayor Sadiq Khan before his U.K. visit. — Nick Romano, EW.com, "Stephen Colbert on Trump's U.K. visit: 'The Crown has really jumped the shark'," 4 June 2019 The results were astounding: Students whose last two Social Security numbers were high bid 346% more than students with low numbers. — Jeff Stibel, USA TODAY, "Learn this trick and you'll spend less," 13 Mar. 2018 But also the massive waste: Every year, 9.7 million tons of furniture are added to landfills—a fact that Reno, who has a Master’s degree in Climate and Environmental Science from Columbia, was astounded by. — Elise Taylor, Vogue, "Rent the Room: Is the Furniture Industry About to Be Disrupted?," 15 May 2019 Others are simply astounded that Roman thinks there’s any chance of BTS agreeing to an interview. — Tess Garcia, Teen Vogue, "BTS Fans Are Angry After a Radio Host Calls the Group's Music "Noise"," 29 Sep. 2018 Lee’s dialogue, nestled there beside some of the greatest comics images ever created, wasn’t astounding on its own. — Noah Berlatsky, The Verge, "The larger-than-life huckster dialogue of Stan Lee," 13 Nov. 2018 But the battery life was astounding: 17 hours in our tests of the Asus NovaGo, which projects to about 21 hours in PCs like the Yoga 630. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Lenovo's Yoga C630 promises 25 hours on battery using Qualcomm's next-gen Snapdragon 850," 30 Aug. 2018

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