astound
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astound
- /əˈstaʊnd/ Canada, US, UK
- /əˈstæɔnd/ Australia
- /əˈstæʊnd/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -aʊnd
Where it comes from
From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen (“to astonish”). More at astonish.
verb astounds · astounding · astounded
- To astonish, bewilder or dazzle. 1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 8, These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The vertuous mind […]
adjective more astound · most astound
- Stunned; astounded; astonished. […] his hollow eyne Lookt deadly dull, and stared as astound;
