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
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Examples
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What he discovered was what he called an "astounding similarity between myths collected in widely different regions" of the world.
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What he discovered was what he called an "astounding similarity between myths collected in widely different regions" of the world.
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What he discovered was what he called an "astounding similarity between myths collected in widely different regions" of the world.
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What he discovered was what he called an "astounding similarity between myths collected in widely different regions" of the world.
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What he discovered was what he called an "astounding similarity between myths collected in widely different regions" of the world.
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What he discovered was what he called an "astounding similarity between myths collected in widely different regions" of the world.
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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.
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Even more astounding is that Wall stree gave more to Dems than Republicans by a margin of 60-40.
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Equally astounding is the fact that most of these people have worked at the banks for years!
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Equally astounding is the fact that most of these people have worked at the banks for years!
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