astound

/əˈstaʊnd/

astound means stunned; astounded; astonished.

Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, astound ranks #7,174 of 42,747 for Qualifying.

astound is pronounced /əˈstaʊnd/.

Etymology

From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen (“to astonish”). More at astonish.

adj

Stunned; astounded; astonished.e.g.“[…] his hollow eyne Lookt deadly dull, and stared as astound;” — 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 129:

To astonish, bewilder or dazzle.e.g.“1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 8, These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The vertuous mind […]”

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By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

astounded 87% match — Surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered. vs astound →
astounding 85% match — That astounds or astound. vs astound →
astoundingly 83% match — In an astounding manner; so as to astound, surprise, or amaze. vs astound →
astonished 82% match — Amazed; surprised. vs astound →
astoundedness 81% match — The state of being astounded; astonishment. vs astound →
astoundedly 80% match — In an astounded manner. vs astound →
astoundable 80% match — Capable of being astounded. vs astound →
astony 78% match — To astound; to paralyse, to stun. vs astound →