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Meanings of astounding in English

Bewildering or striking dumb with wonder.

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So surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm.

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Usage of astounding in English
1
The level of financial ignorance among otherwise well-informed people is quite astounding.
The Irish Times
2
This new legislation is not only confusing, but astounding, said Dr Courtin.
News.com.au
3
The changes the current population has seen in its lifetime are astounding.
The Guardian
4
It's astounding. Murray asked how her brother was coping with the situation.
News.com.au
5
The view was astounding in England and new everywhere in its onesidedness.
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1
6
There is an astounding level of confusion surrounding the current US deficit.
The Guardian
7
But the effect upon the nomes of this simple thing was astounding.
Tik-Tok of Oz
8
The development of the cotton industry, in the meantime, was similarly astounding.
History of the United States
9
It's astounding how much oak it takes to make smelting quality charcoal.
Surrender to the will of the night
10
Then shot from the stable gloom an astounding figure in headlong flight.
Somewhere in Red Gap
11
That this paper readily prints his unbalanced diatribes is even more astounding.
The Irish Times
12
Nevertheless, an astounding quantity of work was done in reforming the force.
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
13
It was the strangest and most astounding thing I ever heard of.
Alice of Old Vincennes
14
But a new discovery reveals how even more astounding these structures are.
BBC
15
That is the only real difference between the astounding and the commonplace-Time
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
16
That this background yielded Srebrenica and Sarajevo, Kosovo and Krajina is astounding.
Terrorists and Freedom Fighters
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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