# astonishment

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈstɒnɪʃmənt/ · frequency rank #34,386

## Definitions
1. The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.
2. Something very surprising.
3. Loss of physical sensation; inability to move a part of the body.
4. Loss of mental faculties, inability to think or use one's senses.
5. Loss of composure or presence of mind.

## Etymology
From astonish + -ment.

## Common misspellings (19)
`asotnishment`, `asstonishment`, `astnoishment`, `astoinshment`, `astonihsment`, `astonishemnt`, `astonishhment`, `astonishmennt`, `astonishmentt`, `astonishmetn`, `astonishmment`, `astonishmnet`, `astonismhent`, `astonisshment`, `astonnishment`, `astonsihment`, `asttonishment`, `atsonishment`, `satonishment`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/astonishment