astonishment

B2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings
US /əˈstɑːnɪʃmənt/ UK /əˈstɒnɪʃmənt/
noun Freq #34925

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A feeling of very great surprise.

    The class looked on in astonishment as their teacher tore up the book.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a feeling of very great... amazementwonderwonderment
Word family
Forms astonishments

Etymology

From astonish + -ment.

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