Unastonished

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Not feeling surprise or disbelief in response to an event or situation; exhibiting a calm demeanor despite unexpected occurrences; remaining unshaken or unfazed by developments that typically invoke awe or astonishment
2. Displaying a lack of amazement when faced with unusual or remarkable circumstances; maintaining composure in the presence of phenomena that might normally elicit surprise; showing indifference or tranquility even when confronted with the extraordinary
3. Experiencing no feelings of shock or wonderment regarding an incident; possessing a steady disposition when encountering the remarkable; responding without emotion to situations that would typically cause surprise or disbelief

Etymology: "Unastonished" is a plain formation: the prefix un-, meaning "not," attached to "astonished," the past participle of the verb "astonish." Because the base is already a participle used as an adjective, the result is simply the negation of that state, so the word reads as "not astonished" with no separate sense of its own. The base "astonish" traces back to the Old French "estoner," meaning to stun or stupefy, which in turn came from the Latin "extonare," to thunder at or strike with thunder. The sense of being struck senseless by thunder carries into the English verb, which in its early use meant to stun or daze before it came to mean merely surprise. Adding un- to that participle produces a word that describes a mind that has not been thunderstruck.

Synonyms: unimpressed, unmoved, indifferent, unperturbed, unfazed

Antonyms: astonished, shocked, amazed, surprised, stunned