Astounding

/əˈstaʊndɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

present participle and gerund of astound.

Definitions by Sense

1. present participle and gerund of astound
2. That astounds or astound.

Example Sentences

astounding success    an astounding spectacle

[Y]ou ſhall heare the Scythian Tamburlaine: / Threatning the world with high aſtounding tearms / And ſcourging kingdomes with his conquering ſword.

Wasted in darkness down the pitchy wave, / We saw the Stygian pool her borders lave, / Fed by th’ astounding cataract on high.

Signor Jupe […] was also to exhibit "his astounding feat of throwing seventy-five hundred-weight in rapid succession backhanded over his head, thus forming a fountain of solid iron in mid-air, a feat never before attempted in this or any other country[…]."

This is going to be the most astounding thing you’ve ever heard of, sir, and I say that knowing that a man of your caliber in your profession must have known some astounding things in his time.

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• more astounding
• most astounding

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