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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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 The fact that some member states believe that condemning Hamas does not even deserve a vote is astounding. — Ben Evansky, Fox News, "After vote fails to condemn Hamas, Haley calls UN an unserious force for Middle East peace," 13 June 2018 There is much about the memorial and museum that astounds and horrifies. — Linda Matchan, BostonGlobe.com, "A sculpture’s trans-Atlantic passage from Ghana to Alabama," 31 May 2018 One of the hard parts about this history, is that something astounding happened in this region before the Civil War, and then something very terrible happened as well. — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, "The Unheralded Pioneers of 19th-Century America Were Free African-American Families," 19 June 2018 The singer Le’Andria Johnson appears three times, in different circumstances with a new look — her voice ever astounding. — Roberta Smith, New York Times, "Arthur Jafa’s Profound Meditations on Black America," 17 May 2018 This week, at the Code Media conference near Los Angeles, Peter Rice, the president of Fox, said people shouldn’t be astounded by the size of the Netflix programming budget. — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, "Streaming Wars takes another from broadcast TV," 17 Feb. 2018

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