1. astonished

adjective. ['əˈstɑːnɪʃt'] filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.

Rhymes with Astonished

• admonished

Sentences with astonished

1. Verb, past participle
I was astonished and tried to go to sleep, but it kept nagging until I got up.

2. Adjective
And then there's Curious Zelda, a hyper-attentive tuxedo kitto with pupils LOCKED to the astonished emoji setting.

Quotes about astonished

1. Professionalism in art has this difficulty: To be professional is to be dependable, to be dependable is to be predictable, and predictability is esthetically boring - an anti-virtue in a field where we hope to be astonished and startled and at some deep level refreshed.
- John Updike

2. Professionalism in art has this difficulty: To be professional is to be dependable, to be dependable is to be predictable, and predictability is esthetically boring - an anti-virtue in a field where we hope to be astonished and startled and at some deep level refreshed.
- John Updike

3. When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
- Mark Twain