Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Causing or fitted to cause astonishment; amazing; wonderful.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Causing
astonishment in; causing to beastonished . - verb Present participle of
astonish .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective surprising greatly
- adjective so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
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Examples
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What's truly astonishing is that this woman is literally trying to purchase an election and the best she can get is layaway.
Michael Seitzman: The Real Housekeeper of California Michael Seitzman 2010
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What's truly astonishing is that this woman is literally trying to purchase an election and the best she can get is layaway.
Michael Seitzman: The Real Housekeeper of California Michael Seitzman 2010
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What's astonishing is the wide and deep support BIAW has received from the rest of Washington's business community, which often sits out these fights lest it upset its union and Democratic masters.
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What's truly astonishing is that this woman is literally trying to purchase an election and the best she can get is layaway.
Michael Seitzman: The Real Housekeeper of California Michael Seitzman 2010
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What's truly astonishing is that this woman is literally trying to purchase an election and the best she can get is layaway.
Michael Seitzman: The Real Housekeeper of California Michael Seitzman 2010
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What I find a bit astonishing is that folks encourage others to do the same.
Page 2 2009
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What I find a bit astonishing is that folks encourage others to do the same.
Page 2 2009
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One user of Arizona water, in astonishing quantity, is the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Wow! An Article on Water That Actually Focuses on Price 2009
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What I found a bit astonishing is the few who choose to respond to those rejections with a derogatory remarks towards the editor (s).
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What's truly astonishing is that this woman is literally trying to purchase an election and the best she can get is layaway.
Michael Seitzman: The Real Housekeeper of California Michael Seitzman 2010
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