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astounding

/əˈstaʊndɪŋ/

astounding is the present participle and gerund of astound.

Meaning of astound

Verb

astound (third-person singular simple present astounds, present participle astounding, simple past and past participle astounded)

  1. To astonish, bewilder or dazzle.
    • These thoughts may startle well, but not astound
      The vertuous mind […]1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 8

See all 2 meanings of astound

Adjective

astounding (comparative more astounding, superlative most astounding)

  1. That astounds or astound.
    • astounding success an astounding spectacle
    • [Y]ou ſhall heare the Scythian Tamburlaine: / Threatning the world with high aſtounding tearms / And ſcourging kingdomes with his conquering ſword.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], “The Prologue”, in Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published...

Synonyms of astounding

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Forms of astounding

comparativemore astounding
superlativemost astounding

Words formed from astounding

Words that rhyme with astounding

Questions about astounding

What does astounding mean?
Astounding means that astounds or astound.
What is astounding the present participle and gerund of?
Astounding is the present participle and gerund of astound.
What part of speech is astounding?
Astounding is an adjective.
How do you pronounce astounding?
Astounding is pronounced /əˈstaʊndɪŋ/.

Words near astounding in the dictionary

  1. astoundedness
  2. astounder
  3. astounders
  4. astoundest
  5. astoundeth
  6. astounding
  7. astoundingly
  8. astoundingness
  9. astoundment
  10. astounds
  11. ASTQB

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