Definition of astonished

"astonished" in the verb sense

1. amaze, astonish, astound

affect with wonder

"Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"

"astonished" in the adjective sense

1. amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned

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"

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Quotations for astonished

When one seeks the cause of the successes of great generals, one is astonished to find that they did everything necessary to insure them. [ Napoleon I ]

Glory is sometimes a low courtesan who on the road entices many who did not think of her. They are astonished to obtain favors without having done anything to deserve them. [ Prince de Ligne ]

We are not to be astonished that the wise walk more slowly in their road to virtue than fools in their passage to vice; since passion drags us along, while wisdom only points out the way. [ Confucius ]

It is particularly worth observation that the more we magnify, by the assistance of glasses, the works of nature, the more regular and beautiful they appear, while it is quite different in respect to those of art, for when they are examined through a microscope we are astonished to find them so rough, so coarse and uneven, although they have been done with all imaginable care, by the best workmen. [ Sterne ]

astonished in Scrabble®

The word astonished is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters astonished:

ASTONISHED
(135)
ASTONISHED
(135)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (24 words)

adonise, anodise, ashiest, destain, detains, dissent, donates, handset, hastens, headons, histone, hoisted, hotness, instead, nosiest, sainted, seitans, sestina, snidest, stained, stashed, stonish, thiones, toadish

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word astonished

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In astonished

ASTONISHED
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ASTONISHED
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ASTONISHED
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astonished in Words With Friends™

The word astonished is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters astonished:

ASTONISHED
(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (24 words)

adonise, anodise, ashiest, destain, detains, dissent, donates, handset, hastens, headons, histone, hoisted, hotness, instead, nosiest, sainted, seitans, sestina, snidest, stained, stashed, stonish, thiones, toadish

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word astonished

ASTONISHED
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In astonished

ASTONISHED
(180)
ASTONISHED
(162)
HANDSET
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(96)
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astonished + 2 blanks (1 word)

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Word Growth involving astonished

Shorter words in astonished

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on ton stonish astonish

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Longer words containing astonished

unastonished