Synonyms for astounded
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Astonished — surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered
astonished, amazed, thunderstruck, flabbergasted, surprised, stunned, dumbfounded, aghast, confounded, breathless, stupefied, astonied formal dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered.
Example sentences
- amazed I am so amazed that I can't complete the sentence.
- astonished She was astonished that you spoke Chinese so well.
- flabbergasted I'm flabbergasted to know the word "flabbergasted".
- thunderstruck I was thunderstruck by my friend's words.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| astounded | rising | |
| amazed | rising | |
| astonished | rising | |
| flabbergasted | rising | |
| thunderstruck | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- amazed2, aghast2
- 7 letters
- stunned1
- 8 letters
- astonied
- 9 letters
- surprised2, stupefied
- 10 letters
- astonished3, breathless2, confounded3
- 11 letters
- dumbfounded3
- 13 letters
- flabbergasted4, thunderstruck3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amazed2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- ébahi
- Italiano
- sconcertato
- Español
- atónito
- Deutsch
- erstaunt
- Català
- esbalaït