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

Brauker hung a cell camera on one of his new mushroom plots last fall, and was astounded at the results. —Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 25 Mar. 2026

Winfried, to his credit, is astounded. —Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026

Christie placed his hands over his head, astounded at the result. —Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 10 Mar. 2026

Assembly members were astounded that officials couldn’t provide estimates of how much the return-to-office order would cost the state and how much more office space was needed to accommodate workers in person. —William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 26 Jan. 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