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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Astonishment \As*ton"ish*ment\, noun [Cf. OF. estonnement, F. ['e]tonnement.]
1. The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense. [Obs.]
A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. --Holland.
2. Dismay; consternation. [Archaic] --Spenser.
3. The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement.
Lest the place And my quaint habits breed astonishment. --Milton.
4. The object causing such an emotion.
Thou shalt become an astonishment. --Deut. xxviii. 37.
Syn: Amazement; wonder; surprise.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
astonishment
noun: the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; "he looked at me in astonishment" [syn: {amazement}]
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