Astounding

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Causing or fitted to cause surprise or wonder; causing amazement; highly astonishing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing.
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  • verb. Present participle of astound.
  • adjective. That astounds or astound.
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  • adjective. so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
  • adjective. bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
  • Word Usage
    "What he discovered was what he called an "astounding similarity between myths collected in widely different regions" of the world."
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    astound