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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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 Rossi says he was astounded by Landmark’s collapse this year. — Jim Brunner, The Seattle Times, "Dino Rossi has done well in real estate, but his work is also fodder for campaign opponents," 16 Oct. 2018 There’s also a 50mm f/1.8 prime ($599.95) coming in October that Nikon tells me has astounded some of its engineers with sharpness and edge-to-edge clarity. — Chris Welch, The Verge, "Nikon strikes back at Sony with first full-frame mirrorless cameras," 23 Aug. 2018 Grace Kelly was an icon, not only for her star-making film roles, astounding beauty, and real life Cinderella story (although that certainly would have been enough) but also for her impeccable, trend-inspiring fashion sense. — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, "Grace Kelly's Granddaughter Pauline Ducruet Grew Up Training Elephants in an Actual Circus," 7 Sep. 2018 Another Conservative, former cabinet minister Priti Patel, told the paper the move had astounded her. — Matthew Diebel, USA TODAY, "Sacre bleu! Fury follows claim that UK's post-Brexit passports will be made 'in France'," 22 Mar. 2018 Eventually the Moxos leaders revealed something that astounded him. — Nicholas Casey, New York Times, "Jesuit Legacy in the Bolivian Jungle: A Love of Baroque Music," 8 May 2018

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