Astonishment
- n. The object causing such an emotion.
- n. The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.
- n. Dismay; consternation.
- n. The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement.
The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.