astound
verb
- to astonish, bewilder
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈstaʊnd/ / /əˈstæɔnd/ / /əˈstæʊnd/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen (“to astonish”). More at astonish.
- Stunned; astounded; astonished.
“[…] his hollow eyne Lookt deadly dull, and stared as astound;”
“For some Moments the Esquire stood astound, he rubb’d his Eyes, look’d on his Sister, stared at the Maid:”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen (“to astonish”). More at astonish.
- 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 […]”
“The yell which Isaac raised at this unfeeling communication made the very vault to ring, and astounded the two Saracens so much that they let go their hold of the Jew.”