astonishing

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astonishing

  • /əˈstɒnɪʃɪŋ/ UK
  • /əˈstɑnɪʃɪŋ/ US

adjective more astonishing · most astonishing

  1. Causing astonishment. astonishing display

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of astonish

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: astounding, stupefying, surprising, amazing, staggering, impressive, astounded, surprised, jaw-dropping, stunning, awesome, mind-boggling, perplexing, startling, frightening, shocking

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adj causing astonishment

Españolasombroso, pasmoso
中文驚人的 /惊人的 jīngrén de, 意想不到的 yìxiǎng bùdào de
Portuguêssurpreendente, assombroso
Françaisétonnant
Deutschverwunderlich
Italianosorprendente
Русскийудиви́тельный udivítelʹnyj, изуми́тельный izumítelʹnyj
العربيةمُذْهِل muḏhil

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@misc{astonishing_2026,
  title = {astonishing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/astonishing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}