astonishment
noun /əˈstɒnɪʃmənt/
/əˈstɑːnɪʃmənt/
[uncountable]- a feeling of very great surprise synonym amazement
- To my utter astonishment, she remembered my name.
- He stared in astonishment at the stranger.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1- He expressed astonishment at the results.
- She could not hide her astonishment.
- Then, to my great astonishment, he started to cry.
- a look of blank astonishment
- an air of mild astonishment
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- absolute
- complete
- …
- express
- hide
- in astonishment
- to somebody’s astonishment
- with astonishment
- …
- a gasp of astonishment
- a look of astonishment