transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈstä-nish ]
transitive verb
Etymology: probably from earlier astony (from Middle English astonen, astonien, from Anglo-French estoner to stun, from Vulgar Latin * extonare, from Latin ex- + tonare to thunder) + -ish (as in abolish ) — more at thunder
Date: circa 1534
1. obsolete : to strike with sudden fear
2. : to strike with sudden and usually great wonder or surprise
was too astonished to speak
Synonyms: see surprise