Hypertext Webster Gateway: "astonishment"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Astonishment \As*ton"ish*ment\, n. [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) 1.7 (wn)

astonishment
n : the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising;
"he looked at me in astonishment" [syn: {amazement}]

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