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Meanings of astounding in inglés

Bewildering or striking dumb with wonder.

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So surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm.

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Examples for "dumbfounding"
Examples for "dumbfounding"
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For the rest of the citizens it was dumbfounding beyond human comprehension.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) / The War Begins,...
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The task of protecting a bird of which almost nothing is known can be dumbfounding.
The Guardian
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Then came without hesitation or reserve the dumbfounding question: "Same father?"
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
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This is dumbfounding to other animals.
The Human Side of Animals
5
You've written about what you call moral dumbfounding and I wonder if you could share a bit about that.
The new yorker
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Bearing this in mind, her experience will explain itself, dumfounding though it was.
The Emancipatrix
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That witty recreation, called dumfounding.
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III
Usage of astounding in inglés
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The level of financial ignorance among otherwise well-informed people is quite astounding.
The Irish Times
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This new legislation is not only confusing, but astounding, said Dr Courtin.
News.com.au
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The changes the current population has seen in its lifetime are astounding.
The Guardian
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It's astounding. Murray asked how her brother was coping with the situation.
News.com.au
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The view was astounding in England and new everywhere in its onesidedness.
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1
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There is an astounding level of confusion surrounding the current US deficit.
The Guardian
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But the effect upon the nomes of this simple thing was astounding.
Tik-Tok of Oz
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The development of the cotton industry, in the meantime, was similarly astounding.
History of the United States
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It's astounding how much oak it takes to make smelting quality charcoal.
Surrender to the will of the night
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Then shot from the stable gloom an astounding figure in headlong flight.
Somewhere in Red Gap
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That this paper readily prints his unbalanced diatribes is even more astounding.
The Irish Times
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Nevertheless, an astounding quantity of work was done in reforming the force.
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
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It was the strangest and most astounding thing I ever heard of.
Alice of Old Vincennes
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But a new discovery reveals how even more astounding these structures are.
BBC
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That is the only real difference between the astounding and the commonplace-Time
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
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That this background yielded Srebrenica and Sarajevo, Kosovo and Krajina is astounding.
Terrorists and Freedom Fighters
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