astoundment

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noun

amazement

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Meanings

nounastoundment (uncountable)
  1. uncountableamazement

    With what astoundment would ye, if ye were alive with your merely human perfections, listen to the creed of our, so called, rational religionists!

    1812, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Omniana

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
amazement

Origin

From astound + -ment.

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APA

astoundment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astoundment

MLA

“astoundment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astoundment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “astoundment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astoundment.

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