astonishment

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

astonishment

1. amazement, great surprise
2. An amazing thing or phenomenon.
   • 1964, Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory:

     Everything he had seen so far — the great chocolate river, the waterfall, the huge sucking pipes, the candy meadows, the Oompa-Loompas, the beautiful pink boat, and most of all, Mr. Willy Wonka himself — had been so astonishing that he began to wonder whether there could possibly be any more astonishments left.

Related terms

• astonish
• astonished

Translations

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

Translations

• Portuguese: surpresa

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