Meaning of ASTOUNDING
| Pronunciation: | | u'stawnding
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- [adj] bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
- [adj] so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"
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| | Synonyms: | | astonishing, dumbfounding, dumfounding, impressive, incredible, staggering, stupefying, unbelievable |
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| | Definition: | | \As*tound"ing\, a.
Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an
astounding force, statement, or fact. -- {As*tound"ing*ly},
adv.
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| | Related Terms: | | amazing, appalling, astonishing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, breathtaking, confounding, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fell, formidable, ghastly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, macabre, mind-boggling, miraculous, morbid, overwhelming, prodigious, redoubtable, schrecklich, shocking, spectacular, staggering, startling, stunning, stupendous, surprising, terrible, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous |
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