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I requested the gentlemen to put on their hats, and the ladies their shawls, to avoid catching cold, and then had the windows widely opened. This proceeding caused some astonishment and alarm at first; for the Americans generally have a dread of cold air.
George Combe

Meaning of "astonishment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ASTONISHMENT

astonishment  [əˈstɒnɪʃmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASTONISHMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Astonishment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ASTONISHMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of astonishment in the English dictionary

The definition of astonishment in the dictionary is extreme surprise; amazement. Other definition of astonishment is a cause of amazement.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASTONISHMENT


accomplishment
əˈkɒmplɪʃmənt
admonishment
ədˈmɒnɪʃmənt
banishment
ˈbænɪʃmənt
burnishment
ˈbɜːnɪʃmənt
diminishment
dɪˈmɪnɪʃmənt
disfurnishment
dɪsˈfɜːnɪʃmənt
displenishment
dɪsˈplenɪʃmənt
embellishment
ɪmˈbɛlɪʃmənt
establishment
ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt
evanishment
ɪˈvænɪʃmənt
furnishment
ˈfɜːnɪʃmənt
garnishment
ˈɡɑːnɪʃmənt
nourishment
ˈnʌrɪʃmənt
plenishment
ˈplɛnɪʃmənt
premonishment
prɪˈmɒnɪʃmənt
punishment
ˈpʌnɪʃmənt
ravishment
ˈrævɪʃmənt
refurbishment
riːˈfɜːbɪʃmənt
replenishment
rɪˈplenɪʃmənt
vanishment
ˈvænɪʃmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASTONISHMENT

astomatal
astomatous
astomous
Aston
astonied
astonish
astonished
astonishing
astonishingly
astoop
Astor
Astoria
astound
astounded
astounding
astoundingly
astoundment
astr.
astraddle
astragal

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASTONISHMENT

advertisement
anti-Establishment
attachment
capital punishment
catchment
corporal punishment
detachment
encashment
encroachment
enrichment
impeachment
impoverishment
parchment
reattachment
refreshment
relinquishment
research establishment
retrenchment
the Establishment
undernourishment
writ of attachment

Synonyms and antonyms of astonishment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ASTONISHMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «astonishment» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of astonishment

Translation of «astonishment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASTONISHMENT

Find out the translation of astonishment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of astonishment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «astonishment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

惊讶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asombro
570 millions of speakers

English

astonishment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विस्मय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دهشة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

изумление
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assombro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আশ্চর্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

stupéfaction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kagum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erstaunen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大きな驚き
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경악
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggumun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngạc nhiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆச்சரியத்தோடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आश्चर्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şaşkınlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stupore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zdumienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

здивування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uimire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έκπληξη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verbasing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förvåning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forbauselse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of astonishment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASTONISHMENT»

The term «astonishment» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.820 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASTONISHMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «astonishment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «astonishment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about astonishment

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10 QUOTES WITH «ASTONISHMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word astonishment.
1
George Combe
I requested the gentlemen to put on their hats, and the ladies their shawls, to avoid catching cold, and then had the windows widely opened. This proceeding caused some astonishment and alarm at first; for the Americans generally have a dread of cold air.
2
Barton Gellman
The first time I set out to find George F. Kennan, in 1982, I had just turned 21, begun my final semester at Princeton University and noticed with astonishment that the senior thesis deadline had crept to within four months.
3
Celia Green
The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.
4
Hermann von Helmholtz
Each individual fact, taken by itself, can indeed arouse our curiosity or our astonishment, or be useful to us in its practical applications.
5
Florentijn Hofman
My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face.
6
Eugene Ionesco
Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.
7
Pierre Loti
Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it immediately, without hesitation and astonishment, in an illustrated magazine.
8
Neil MacGregor
It is a standing source of astonishment and amusement to visitors that the British Museum has so few British things in it: that it is a museum about the world as seen from Britain rather than a history focused on these islands.
9
Margaret Mead
Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess.
10
Maria Monk
I must be informed, that one of my great duties was, to obey the priests in all things; and this I soon learnt, to my utter astonishment and horror, was to live in the practice of criminal intercourse with them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASTONISHMENT»

Discover the use of astonishment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to astonishment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Wine Of Astonishment
Disgusted that his people will not act against the British government controlling Trinidad, Bolo robs and intimidates his fellow islanders
Earl Lovelace, 1986
2
The Yoga of Delight, Wonder, and Astonishment: A Translation ...
Each verse, in Sanscrit, is followed by transcription in Roman, then by notes. Includes a glossary without pronunciation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
‎1991
3
Abiding Astonishment: Psalms, Modernity, and the Making of ...
Biblical interpreters are being challenged to take responsibility for the theological, social, and ethical implications of their readings. This series encourages original readings that breach the confines of traditional biblical criticism.
Walter Brueggemann, 1991
4
Forms of Astonishment: Greek Myths of Metamorphosis
Richard Buxton poses the question of how seriously the Greeks took these tales, and in doing so also illuminates issues explored by anthropologists and students of religion.
R. G. A. Buxton, 2009
5
The Astonishment of Words: An Experiment in the Comparison ...
'?" This book, unfortunately left incomplete on his death in 1966, contains many of his answers. They are given not only in the assembled texts and translations but also in his wry, curious, sometimes hilarious commentaries.
Victor Proetz, 2013
6
A Moonbeam of Complete Astonishment: Śrīla Viśvanātha ...
Comprises narrations of four of Śrī Rādhā-Kr̥ṣṇa's enchanting pastimes.
Viśvanātha Cakravartin, Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa, 2006
7
Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy: Tales of Transformation ...
Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy: Tales of Transformation and Astonishment will motivate you to experiment as an agent of change, exploring new, creative ways to make a difference in people's lives, with wisdom from some of the world?s ...
Jeffrey A. Kottler, Jon Carlson, 2009
8
Astonishment
Stevenson's sixteenth collection sets clearly remembered scenes from her personal past against a background of geographical and historical change.
Anne Stevenson, 2012
9
The Perpetual Astonishment of Jonathon Fairfax
A funny thriller set in 1990s London, in which a slightly useless part-time Harrods sales assistant inadvertently brings down the government.
Christopher Shevlin, 2012
10
The Wine of Astonishment
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Mary Hastings Bradley, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASTONISHMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term astonishment is used in the context of the following news items.
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In Cuba, the 'son' who could be US president is no hero, and he's …
Diaz scratched a sunken chest with hands liver-spotted to the colour of tobacco leaves and expressed astonishment at the “storybook” quality of ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
2
"I don't understand it at all", residents of Aachen react to Greek 'No'
In the town of Aachen one woman expressed her astonishment at the result saying, “I have the feeling that Greece wants to leave the EU. I don't ... «euronews, Jul 15»
3
Marco Rubio Is Hardly a Hero in Cuba. He Likes That.
Mr. Díaz scratched a sunken chest with hands liver-spotted to the color of tobacco leaves and expressed astonishment at the “storybook” quality ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Rifle-wielding man suspected of killing one at swanky Texas hotel …
But guests at the hotel expressed astonishment at the crime scene they encountered when they emerged from their rooms the morning after the ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
5
Inter fumes over 'unacceptable' Fiorentina accusations
"Inter has read with great astonishment the comments made by the Fiorentina vice president on his personal Twitter account," read a statement ... «Goal.com, Jul 15»
6
Trust broken by wild claims and broken promises from Syriza
There was open-mouthed astonishment across the eurozone and instant denials. Dijsselbloem described claims of secret talks as “completely ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
7
This Is Why Greeks Voted No In Their Referendum
... there was a mixture of options as people chanted anti-austerity slogans in the warm summer evening: astonishment that their side had won, ... «BuzzFeed News, Jul 15»
8
Protected areas scheme 'threatens inshore fishing'
He added: “To our astonishment, we find that the Cabinet Secretary's actual decisions have disregarded the orderly process which went before ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
9
'Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice' Film Update: Zack Snyder …
upcoming films, expressed her astonishment on her character's in DC's Cinematic Universe. She told Entertainment Weekly that her jaw ... «Yibada, Jul 15»
10
Parade highlights National Basque Festival
They allowed the crowd to stare in astonishment as three men lifted a 250-pound stone ball with ease, and the spectators ran to gather the ... «Elko Daily Free Press, Jul 15»

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