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# astounded

«astounded» in Mova's school dictionary: **almost stunned** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (from the verb 'astound')

### meaning for a pupil

Very much surprised, so amazed that you are almost stunned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astounded/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales the reaction of a king, a hero or a crowd to a wonder

### examples

- Fionn was astounded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astounded/#x1)
- The Sultan was astounded by the marvel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astounded/#x2)
- We were astounded by the size of the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astounded/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «astounded» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astounded/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.