Meanings
comparative more astonished · superlative most astonished
- Amazed; surprised.
left astonished
4 more examples
utterly astonished
clearly astonished
She was astonished at how quickly he solved the puzzle.
He looked astonished when they told him the news.
Synonyms: shocked, speechless, amazed, agape, bewildered, astounded, awed, awe-struck
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of astonish
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAmazed; surprised.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivefilled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مَذْهُول
- مَذْهُول (maḏhūl)amazed
Basque harrituta
- harritutaamazed
Bulgarian учуден
- учуден (učuden)amazed
Chinese Mandarin 讶异
- 讶异 (yàyì)amazed
Czech ohromený, užaslý
- ohromenýamazed
- užaslýamazed
Dutch verbaasd
- verbaasdamazed
Esperanto mirigita
- mirigitaamazed
Finnish ällistynyt, hämmästynyt
- ällistynytamazed
- hämmästynytamazed
- ihmeissäänamazed
French abasourdi, stupéfié
- abasourdiamazed
- stupéfiéamazed
German erstaunt
- erstauntamazed
Hebrew מודהם
- מודהם (mudhám)amazed
Hindi चकित, आश्चर्यचकित
- चकित (cakit)amazed
- आश्चर्यचकित (āścaryackit)amazed
- विस्मित (vismit)amazed
- स्तंभित (stambhit)amazed
- चमत्कृत (camatkŕt)amazed
Icelandic gáttaður
- gáttaðuramazed
Indonesian terkesima
- terkesimaamazed
Italian attonito, sorpreso
- attonitoamazed
- sorpresoamazed
- stupefattoamazed
- sbalorditoamazed
- senza paroleamazed
- di stuccoamazed
Japanese びっくりする
- びっくりする (bikkuri suru)amazed
Polish zdumiony
- zdumionyamazed
Portuguese estupefato, estupefacto
- estupefatoamazed
- estupefactoamazed
- estarrecidoamazed
- atônitoamazed
- atónitoamazed
Romanian uimit
- uimitamazed
Russian удивлённый, изумлённый
- удивлённый (udivljónnyj)amazed
- изумлённый (izumljónnyj)amazed
- поражённый (poražónnyj)amazed
Spanish asombrado, turulato
- asombradoamazed
- turulatoamazed
Thai ทึ่ง
- ทึ่ง (tʉ̂ng)amazed
Turkish şaşkın
- şaşkınamazed
Welsh syn
- synamazed
Cite this entry
astonished. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astonished
“astonished.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astonished. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “astonished,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astonished.
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