astounding

astounding
    adj 1: bewildering or striking dumb with wonder [syn:
           {astounding}, {dumbfounding}, {dumfounding}]
    2: so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an
       enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding
       achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering";
       "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle
       dress was stupefying" [syn: {astonishing}, {astounding},
       {staggering}, {stupefying}]
    

Astound \As*tound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Astounded}, [Obs.]
   {Astound}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Astounding}.] [See {Astound}, a.]
   1. To stun; to stupefy.
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            No puissant stroke his senses once astound.
                                                  --Fairfax.
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   2. To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with
      wonder, surprise, or fear.
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            These thoughts may startle well, but not astound
            The virtuous mind.                    --Milton.
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Astounding \As*tound"ing\, a.
   Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an
   astounding force, statement, or fact. -- {As*tound"ing*ly},
   adv.
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45 Moby Thesaurus words for "astounding":
      amazing, appalling, astonishing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful,
      breathtaking, confounding, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fell,
      formidable, ghastly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous,
      horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, macabre,
      mind-boggling, miraculous, morbid, overwhelming, prodigious,
      redoubtable, schrecklich, shocking, spectacular, staggering,
      startling, stunning, stupendous, surprising, terrible, terrific,
      tremendous, wonderful, wondrous