astonishment

«astonishment» in Mova's school dictionary: a feeling of very great surprise — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (astonishment — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Astonishment is a feeling of very great surprise. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, characters stare, gasp or freeze in astonishment. Phrases: «to my astonishment», «in astonishment», «stare in astonishment». In Alice, Alice is often filled with astonishment at Wonderland.

examples

• To my astonishment, the cat began to talk. tree →
• The crowd gasped in astonishment. tree →
• Mole stared in astonishment at Rat's boat. tree →
• Much to our astonishment, we won the cup. tree →
• Her eyes widened in astonishment. tree →
• He shook his head in astonishment. tree →
• The grand-vizir was filled with astonishment. tree →

note

Uncountable: «great astonishment», not «an astonishment». Verb: astonish.

In the corpora

• The LORD will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart.
• And Edom shall become an astonishment; every one that passeth by it shall be astonished and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
• And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
• How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
• Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and appalment, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «astonishment» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.