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as·ton·ish·ment

[uh-ston-ish-muhnt]
noun
1.
overpowering wonder or surprise; amazement: He looked with astonishment at his friends.
2.
an object or cause of amazement.

Origin:
1570–80; astonish + -ment

su·per·as·ton·ish·ment, noun
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Astonishment is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
Example Sentences
  • The workmen, while doing this, found the skeleton of a man that filled them with astonishment from its great size.
  • She expressed disappointment over the lousy grade and astonishment over the apparent ill will in the comments.
  • To the astonishment of law-enforcement officers, the retail price of cocaine did not appear to budge.
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astonishment (əˈstɒnɪʃmənt)
 
n
1.  extreme surprise; amazement
2.  a cause of amazement

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