Word Meanings - ASTOUND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Stunned; astounded; astonished. Spenser. Thus Ellen, dizzy and astound. As sudden ruin yawned around. Sir W. Scott.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ASTOUND)

• Appal
• Affright
• alarm
• terrify
• scare
• daunt
• cow
• shock
• frighten
• discouraged
• dishearten
• horrify
• dismay
• astound
• Astonish
• Startle
• surprise
• confound
• amaze
• fill with wonder
• stupefy
• electrify
• dumbfounder
• Confound
• Confuse
• disorder
• trouble
• disarrange
• intermix
• abash
• mystify
• obscure
• disconcert
• mix
• blend
• intermingle
• perplex
• discompose
• Electrify
• appall
• thrill
• Petrify
• Astound
• appal
• stun

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ASTOUND)

• Compose
• embolden
• reassure
• rally
• Encourage
• inspirit
• assure
• allure
• Reveal
• make known
• discover
• calm
• allay
• appease
• please
• soothe
• delight
• gratify
• recreate
• entertain
• relieve
• refresh

Related words: (words related to ASTOUND)

• ASSURER
  1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy.
• CONFOUNDED
  1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• ASTONISH
  étonner, fr. L. ex out + tonare to thunder, but perhaps influenced by 1. To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow. The very cramp-fish . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others. Holland. 2. To strike with sudden
• TROUBLER
  One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.
• STARTLE
  1. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise. The supposition, at least, that angels do sometimes assume bodies need not startle us. Locke. 2. To deter; to cause to deviate.
• OBSCURENESS
  Obscurity. Bp. Hall.
• DISCOURAGING
  Causing or indicating discouragement. -- Dis*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.
• OBSCURER
  One who, or that which, obscures.
• WONDERSTRUCK
  Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise. Dryden.
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• DAUNTER
  One who daunts.
• ENCOURAGER
  One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
• WONDER
  Etym: 1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel. I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals. Swift. We cease to wonder at what we understand. Johnson.
• ASTONISHING
  Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event. Syn. -- Amazing; surprising; wonderful; marvelous. As*ton"ish*ing*ly, adv. -- As*ton"ish*ing*ness, n.
• DISHEARTENMENT
  Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.
• SHOCKDOG
  See 1
• APPALACHIAN
  Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains. Note: The name Appalachian was given to the mountains by the Spaniards under De Soto, who derived it from the heighboring Indians. Am. Cyc.
• AFFRIGHTER
  One who frightens.
• ALARM
  1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. Arming to answer in a night alarm. Shak. 2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in
• UNPERPLEX
  To free from perplexity. Donne.
• SUTURALLY
  In a sutural manner.
• OVERTROUBLED
  Excessively troubled.
• CALABASH
  Calebasse), lit., a dry gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + 1. The common gourd . 2. The fruit of the calabash tree. 3. A water dipper, bottle, backet, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd. Calabash tree.
• CENTRALLY
  In a central manner or situation.
• UNASSURED
  1. Not assured; not bold or confident. 2. Not to be trusted. Spenser. 3. Not insured against loss; as, unassured goods.
• DECOMPOSE
  To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
• PASTORALLY
  1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor.
• UNDAUNTABLE
  Incapable of being daunted; intrepid; fearless; indomitable. Bp. Hall.