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astounding

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adjective
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As an adjective, astounding means that astounds or astound.

Meanings of astounding

3 meanings

verb

Present participle of astound

adjective

  1. That astounds or astound.

    “astounding success; an astounding spectacle”

  2. Bewildering or striking dumb with wonder

    Similar: dumbfounding, dumfounding

  3. So surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

    “such an enormous response was astonishing”

    “an astounding achievement”

    “the amount of money required was staggering”

    Similar: astonishing, staggering, stupefying

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
dumbfoundingdumfounding
adjective: so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
astonishingstaggeringstupefying

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