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astonished

adjective

filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock

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Word length
10
Starts with
A
Ends with
D
Contains
ST
Scrabble score
14
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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adjective

  1. filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock

    “an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation”

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an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation
I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral
astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing
stood in stunned silence
stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses

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