• Astonishment

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /əˈstÉ’nɪʃmÉ™nt/
    • US IPA: /əˈstɑːnɪʃmÉ™nt/

    Origin

    From astonish + -ment.

    Full definition of astonishment

    Noun

    astonishment

    (countable and uncountable; plural astonishments)
    1. amazement, great surprise
    2. An amazing thing or phenomenon.
      • 1964: Roald Dahl, 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 anymore astonishments left.

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