astound
pronunciation
How to pronounce astound in British English:
UK [əˈstaʊnd]
How to pronounce astound in American English:
US [əˈstaʊnd]
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- Verb:
- affect with wonder
Word Origin
- astound
- astound: [17] Astound, astonish, and stun all come ultimately from the same origin: a Vulgar Latin verb *extonāre, which literally meant something like ‘leave someone thunderstruck’ (it was formed from the Latin verb tonāre ‘thunder’). This became Old French estoner, which had three offshoots in English: it was borrowed into Middle English in the 13th century as astone or astun, and immediately lost its initial a, producing a form stun; then in the 15th century, in Scotland originally, it had the suffix -ish grafted on to it, producing astonish; and finally in the 17th century its past participle, astoned or, as it was also spelled, astound, formed the basis of a new verb.=> astonish, stun
- astound (v.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. So this must astound , must confound you .
- 2. If we did all the things we are capable of , we would literally astound ourselves .
- 3. The results will astound you .
- 4. This fantastic effect allows you to astound audiences by performing impossible deck suspensions .
- 5. If we did all things we are capable of doing , we would literally astound ourselves .