astonishment Copy link Outline 1. admīrātĭo2. stŭpor (implying speechless a.) • astonishment: 1. admīrātĭo: this excites my very great a., hoc mihi maximam a. movet, Cic.: this exordium of mine is likely to occasion some a., haec ingressio mea admirationis aliquid habitura est, Cic.: v. wonder. 2. stŭpor (implying speechless a.): v. amazement. Phr.: to feel a.: v. to be astonished: to be seized with a., obstupesco: v. aghast, astounded, to be: to be fixed in mute a., defigi torpidum stupore ac miraculo, Liv.: the sight held them for a moment motionless with a., res objecta immobiles parumper eos defixit, Liv.