astonishing

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UK/əˈstɒnɪʃɪŋ/US/əˈstɑnɪʃɪŋ/

adjective

Causing astonishment.

“astonishing result”

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amazingsurprisingastoundingstaggeringstupefyingimpressive
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Meanings

adjectiveastonishing (comparative more astonishing, superlative most astonishing)

comparative more astonishing · superlative most astonishing

  1. Causing astonishment.

    astonishing result

    3 more examples

    astonishing display

    astonishing performance

    astonishing weather

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of astonish

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivesurprising greatly

Similar
amazingsurprising

adjectiveso surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

Similar
astoundingstaggeringstupefyingimpressive
Also see
amazingastoundingeye-wateringimpressivestaggeringstupefyingsurprisingthunderstrikingwonderful

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic مُذْهِل
  • مُذْهِل (muḏhil)causing astonishment
Catalan sorprenent
  • sorprenentcausing astonishment
Chinese Mandarin 驚人的 /惊人的, 意想不到的
  • 驚人的 /惊人的 (jīngrén de)causing astonishment
  • 意想不到的 (yìxiǎng bùdào de)causing astonishment
Esperanto miriga
  • mirigacausing astonishment
Finnish hämmästyttävä
  • hämmästyttäväcausing astonishment
French étonnant
  • étonnantcausing astonishment
German verwunderlich
  • verwunderlichcausing astonishment
Icelandic undraverður
  • undraverðurcausing astonishment
Indonesian mengesimakan
  • mengesimakancausing astonishment
Irish uafásach
  • uafásachcausing astonishment
Italian sorprendente
  • sorprendentecausing astonishment
Polish zdumiewający
  • zdumiewającycausing astonishment
Portuguese surpreendente, assombroso
  • surpreendentecausing astonishment
  • assombrosocausing astonishment
Russian удиви́тельный, изуми́тельный
  • удиви́тельный (udivítelʹnyj)causing astonishment
  • изуми́тельный (izumítelʹnyj)causing astonishment
Spanish asombroso, pasmoso
  • asombrosocausing astonishment
  • pasmosocausing astonishment
Turkish şaşırtıcı
  • şaşırtıcıcausing astonishment
Cite this entry
APA

astonishing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astonishing

MLA

“astonishing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astonishing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “astonishing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astonishing.

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