The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.
The class looked on in astonishment as their teacher proceeded to tear the pages out of the textbook.
1630, John Milton, “On Shakespear” in Poems of Mr. John Milton, London: Ruth Raworth, 1645 p. 27,
Thou in our wonder and astonishment
Hast built thy self a live-long Monument.
Something very surprising.
(colloquial)
(obsolete) Loss of physical sensation; inability to move a part of the body.
(obsolete) Loss of mental faculties, inability to think or use one's senses.