staggering
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staggering
- /ˈstæɡəɹɪŋ/
verb
- present participle and gerund of stagger
adjective more staggering · most staggering
- Incredible, overwhelming, amazing. The army suffered a staggering defeat.
- Lurching, floundering.
noun staggerings
- The motion of one who staggers. There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings […]
- The condition of being staggered or amazed. But these doubts, and fears, and staggerings, although they may be in the believer, yet they are not in his faith; these things argue the infirmity of his faith, indeed; but under all this, faith is fighting for the victory[…]
- The spacing out of various actions over time. As a result of the recommendation of the Committee of Inquiry into London Transport, a Government-sponsored scheme for the staggering of working hours in London has been announced.
- In animation, the repetition of a sequence of frames to show struggling effort
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: astonishing, astounding, impressive, stupefying, unsteady, stumbling, lurching, weaving, exorbitant, overwhelming, enormous, amazing, tremendous, phenomenal, spectacular, prodigious
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adj incredible, overwhelming, amazing
| Español | asombroso, pasmoso, impactante, abrumador |
|---|---|
| Português | impressionante, incrível, espantoso |
| Italiano | sconcertante, sconvolgente |
| Română | uluitor, incredibil, uimitor |
| Русский | ошеломляющий ošelomljajuščij, потряса́ющий potrjasájuščij |
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