If you are ~ by something, you are very shocked or surprised that it could exist or happen.
I was ~ by its beauty...
I am ~ at the comments made by the Chief Superintendent.
= astonished
ADJ: oft ADJ by/at n, ADJ to-inf, ADJ that
If you are ~ by something, you are very shocked or surprised that it could exist or happen.
I was ~ by its beauty...
I am ~ at the comments made by the Chief Superintendent.
= astonished
ADJ: oft ADJ by/at n, ADJ to-inf, ADJ that
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012