Astonished

Definition

astonish /ǝ'stɒnÇʃ/ v အလြန္အံ့အားသင့္ေစသည္။ The news astonished everyone. ❍ It astonishes me that no one has thought of this before. ❍ He was genuinely astonished to be offered the job. ❏ astonished adj အလြန္အံ့အားသင့္ေသာ။ She looked astonished when she heard the news. ❏ astonishing adj အံ့အားသင့္ဖြယ္ေကာင္းေသာ။ an astonishing performance/ achievement ❍ I find it absolutely astonishing that none of you liked the play. ❍ There were an astonishing number of applicants for the job. astonishingly adv : jack took the news astonishingly well. ❍ Astonishingly, a crowd of 50,000 turned out to hear him. ❏ astonishment n [U] အလြန္အံ့ဩျခင္း။ Imagine my astonishment when Peter walked in! ❍ She was watching the whole incident with astonishment. ❍ To my astonishment it had completely disappeared. ❍ He gaped at me in astonishment.

Examples

1. Beth astonished her by refusing to help.
2. [astonish that] : It always astonished him that his children were not fonder of their grandfather.