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astounding
- present participle and gerund of astound
Adjective
astounding (comparative more astounding, superlative most astounding)
- That astounds or astound.
- Synonyms: amazing, extraordinary, fantastic, incredible, marvelous, miraculous, phenomenal, remarkable, unbelievable; see also Thesaurus:surprising
- astounding success an astounding spectacle
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], “The Prologue”, in Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN:[Y]ou ſhall heare the Scythian Tamburlaine: / Threatning the world with high aſtounding tearms / And ſcourging kingdomes with his conquering ſword.
1802, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, in Henry Boyd, transl., The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri: Consisting of the Inferno—Purgatorio—and Paradiso. Translated into English Verse, In Three Volumes, volume I (Inferno), London: Printed by A Strahan, ; for T Cadell, Jun. and W Davies, , →OCLC, stanza XVIII, page 152:Wasted in darkness down the pitchy wave, / We saw the Stygian pool her borders lave, / Fed by th’ astounding cataract on high.
1854, Charles Dickens, “A Loophole”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, , →OCLC, book the first (Sowing), page 14:Signor Jupe […] was also to exhibit "his astounding feat of throwing seventy-five hundred-weight in rapid succession backhanded over his head, thus forming a fountain of solid iron in mid-air, a feat never before attempted in this or any other country […]."
1930, Dashiell Hammet, “The Emperor’s Gift”, in The Maltese Falcon, New York, N.Y., London: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, page 148:This is going to be the most astounding thing you’ve ever heard of, sir, and I say that knowing that a man of your caliber in your profession must have known some astounding things in his time.
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