From astonish + -ment.

• (British) IPA: /əˈstɒnɪʃmənt/
• (America) IPA: /əˈstɑːnɪʃmənt/

astonishment

1. The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.

   Synonyms: amazement, stupefaction, wonder, wonderment

   The class looked on in astonishment as their teacher proceeded to tear the pages out of the textbook.

   • 1630, John Milton, “On Shakespear” in Poems of Mr. John Milton, London: Ruth Raworth, 1645 p. 27,

     Thou in our wonder and astonishment

     Hast built thy self a live-long Monument.

   • 1726 October 27, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver's Travels], London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC ↗, (please specify |part=I to IV), page 98 ↗:

     […] he dismissed all his Attendants with a turn of his Finger; at which, to my great astonishment, they vanished in an Instant, like Visions in a Dream, when we awake on a sudden.

   • 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter 1, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC ↗, page 14 ↗:

     At these words, Marianne’s eyes expressed the astonishment, which her lips could not utter.

2. Something very surprising.

   Synonyms: marvel, stunner (colloquial)

   • 1905, Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth‎, New York: Scribner, Book 2, Chapter 9, p. 444:

     To find Ned Silverton among the habitual frequenters of Mrs. Hatch’s drawing-room was one of Lily’s first astonishments;

3. (obsolete) Loss of physical sensation; inability to move a part of the body.

   Synonyms: paralysis, numbness

   • 1583, Philip Barrough, The Method of Phisicke‎, London: Thomas Vautroullier, Book 3, Chapter 37, p. 126:

     […] there followeth astonishment of the leg that is neere, that it can neither be stretched out right, nor he cannot go on his feet.

   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXIX.] 5.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC ↗, page 363 ↗:

     […] whosoever maketh water in the same place where a dog hath newly pissed, so as both vrines be mingled together, shall immediatly find a coldnesse and astonishment in his loines,

4. (obsolete) Loss of mental faculties, inability to think or use one's senses.

   Synonyms: stupor

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Psalms 60:3 ↗:

     Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

5. (obsolete) Loss of composure or presence of mind.

   Synonyms: consternation, dismay

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC ↗, pages 35-36 ↗:

     […] where of his cruell rage
     Nigh dead with feare, and faint astonishment,
     Shee found them both in darkesome corner pent;

• astonish
• astonished
• astonishing

• French: étonnement
• German: Staunen, Erstaunen, Verwunderung
• Italian: stupore, meraviglia, sorpresa, sbigottimento, attonimento
• Portuguese: surpresa
• Russian: удивле́ние
• Spanish: asombro, estupefacción, sorpresa, extrañeza

• Portuguese: surpresa