Antonyms for astound

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-stound

Phonetic Transcription : əˈstaʊnd

Definition of astound

Origin : mid-15c., from Middle English astouned, astoned (c.1300), past participle of astonen, astonien "to stun" (see astonish), with more of the original sense of Vulgar Latin *extonare. Related: Astounded; astounding.

verb amaze

Example sentences :

I struck my repeater, and this seemed to astound her greatly.
Extract from : « Carmen » by Prosper Merimee

"Your son is not the only one to astound me," said Monsignor.
Extract from : « The Art of Disappearing » by John Talbot Smith

My dear Monsieur Malicorne, you astound, you positively bewilder me.
Extract from : « Louise de la Valliere » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere

A series of boxes on the ears from Boddy began to astound and transform me.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete » by George Meredith

He was ever ready to astound and charm his listeners by describing his methods.
Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry

It will astound you like Schopenhauer, the same profundity and lucidity.
Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 » by Elizabeth Bisland

I mean, he says things to make a sensationto shock or astound his audience.
Extract from : « The Luminous Face » by Carolyn Wells

This determination not to understand led me into delusions which now astound me.
Extract from : « My Religion » by Leo Tolstoy

Yet she was a rare enough exception to astound my abstracted mind.
Extract from : « The Pacific Triangle » by Sydney Greenbie

It was small in area, and the external differences were not so great as to astound us.
Extract from : « Herland » by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman

Synonyms for astound

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