Definition of astonishing
: causing a feeling of great surprise or wonder : surprising
- an astonishing discovery
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Examples of astonishing in a Sentence
He showed an astonishing lack of concern for others.
The truck can hold an astonishing amount of stuff.
She gave an astonishing performance in her first film.
Recent Examples of astonishing from the Web
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Bees’ affinity for baseball has long been an astonishing phenomenon.
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Several critics have drawn the comparison between Sorry to Bother You and Get Out, which Stanfield was also in for a brief but astonishing moment.
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That’s an increasingly widespread sentiment in a country where an astonishing 95 percent of murders go unsolved, even as the number of Mexicans detained for federal drug charges has risen.
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This is one of many astonishing heat records that have been set recently, the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang said.
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But diminishing her story to the status of background noise—while building up Sam’s backstory and screen time—is an astonishing disservice, both to GLOW’s characters and audience.
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Down to the Bone), all of which share an aptitude for small-scale storytelling, an incredible feel for realistically depicting environments and communities, and quiet but astonishing performances.
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With a lifelong focus on draftsmanship, which also included astonishing achievements in printmaking, White was a radical progressive with a retrograde talent.
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Wright’s chapter hinted at the astonishing backstory about why the three — Robert Shafran , Edward Galland and David Kellman — were separated at birth in 1961.
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Origin and Etymology of astonishing
astonishing Synonyms
Synonyms
amazing, astounding, dumbfounding (also dumfounding), eye-opening, flabbergasting, jarring, jaw-dropping, jolting, shocking, startling, stunning, stupefying, surprising;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
common, customary, normal, ordinary, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual;
Related Words
unannounced, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen;
awesome, awful, breathtaking, fabulous, heart-stopping, marvelous (or marvellous), miraculous, portentous, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, sublime, wonderful, wondrous;
befuddling, bewildering, confounding, confusing, discomfiting, disconcerting, dismaying, flustering, muddling, nonplussing (also nonplusing), perplexing, upsetting;
incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, unlikely, unthinkable;
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