#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- French: étonnement

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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we took the hound for a long urban ramble and he was ASTONISHED that we kept running into dogs that looked just like him

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#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness

- French: étonnement

- German: das Erstaunen

- Italian: stupore

- Portuguese: estupefação

- Spanish: anonadacion

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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

A quotation from Douglas Adams

Gordon Way’s astonishment at being suddenly shot dead was nothing to his astonishment at what happened next.

Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
Dirk Gently, No. 1, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, ch. 7 (1987)

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A quotation from Emerson

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Art,” Essays: First Series, No. 12

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