Polyglot Dictionary

ahurissement

/ayʁismɑ̃/

le noun C1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. bewilderment, utter astonishment

    • Son ahurissement se lisait sur son visage.

      His bewilderment showed on his face.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

stupeur

Both describe being stunned into stillness by something unexpected. stupeur often implies a frozen, almost paralyzed reaction; ahurissement leans more toward sheer disbelief at how strange or absurd something is.

Practice

1 What does ahurissement mean?

2 Fill the gap: Son ___ se lisait sur son visage.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ahurissement?

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