Synonyms for astonished
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1. astonishedadjective

   Synonyms:
   amazed, shocked, bewildered, speechless, agape

2. astonishedadjective

   Amazed; surprised.

   Synonyms:
   shocked, amazed, agape, speechless, bewildered

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1. astonished

   Synonyms:
   amazed, astounded, overwhelmed, dumbfounded, thunderstruck

   Antonyms:
   calm, tranquil, assured, bold, undisturbed

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1. amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, stunnedadjective

   filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock

   "an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation"; "I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral"; "astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing"; "stood in stunned silence"; "stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses"

   Synonyms:
   astounded, knocked out(p), out(p), amazed, stunned, stupefied, kayoed, astonied, dazed, stupid(p)

   Antonyms:
   unsurprised, not surprised

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1. taken aback

   when sb. says sth. outrageous, the other person may be taken aback.

   “go away, you bastard!" she screamed. leo, visibly taken aback, slunk away.

   Submitted by wyss_marc on September 19, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "astonished":

   surprised, amazed, stunned, flabbergasted, astounded

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1. Peter Kellner:

   I would personally be astonished if Corbyn does not end up as Labour's leader.

2. Bill Robles:

   He saw the drawing on air, and he said he was astonished by the accuracy. So I was subpoenaed.

3. Dan Bishop:

   People are astonished and amazed and dismayed at what they see coming out of Washington these days from liberal crazy clowns. Socialism. Open borders. Infanticide. 90% tax rates. Having prison inmates vote. It goes on and on, and of course, most of all, an incessant drive to impeach the president.

4. Enid Bagnold:

   Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it's the answer to everything. To Why am I here? To uselessness. It's the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin down, to build up, to create, to be astonished at nothing, to cherish the oddities, to let nothing go down the drain, to make something, to make a great flower out of life, even if it's a cactus.

5. André Maurois:

   In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.