Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Causing or fitted to cause surprise or wonder; causing amazement; highly astonishing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
astound . - adjective That
astounds or astound.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
- adjective bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word astounding.
Examples
-
What he discovered was what he called an "astounding similarity between myths collected in widely different regions" of the world.
Claudia Ricci: Why Writers Write the Crazy Books They Write Claudia Ricci 2011
-
What he discovered was what he called an "astounding similarity between myths collected in widely different regions" of the world.
Claudia Ricci: Why Writers Write the Crazy Books They Write Claudia Ricci 2011
-
What he discovered was what he called an "astounding similarity between myths collected in widely different regions" of the world.
Claudia Ricci: Why Writers Write the Crazy Books They Write Claudia Ricci 2011
-
What he discovered was what he called an "astounding similarity between myths collected in widely different regions" of the world.
Claudia Ricci: Why Writers Write the Crazy Books They Write Claudia Ricci 2011
-
What he discovered was what he called an "astounding similarity between myths collected in widely different regions" of the world.
Claudia Ricci: Why Writers Write the Crazy Books They Write Claudia Ricci 2011
-
What he discovered was what he called an "astounding similarity between myths collected in widely different regions" of the world.
Claudia Ricci: Why Writers Write the Crazy Books They Write Claudia Ricci 2011
-
Ms. Brennan told the City Council on Tuesday that the number of prescriptions filled in Staten Island last year represented what she called an "astounding" 28% of the borough's population when measured on a per-capita basis.
Vanilla, Cherry or Oxycodone Sean Gardiner 2011
-
Even more astounding is that Wall stree gave more to Dems than Republicans by a margin of 60-40.
-
Equally astounding is the fact that most of these people have worked at the banks for years!
Iris Erlingsdottir: Crime (And Incompetence) Pays... Iris Erlingsdottir 2010
-
Equally astounding is the fact that most of these people have worked at the banks for years!
Iris Erlingsdottir: Crime (And Incompetence) Pays... Iris Erlingsdottir 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.