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Definition of Astonishing

Astonishing

  1. of Astonish
  2. Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event.

Astonishing Quotations

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.
Thomas A. Edison

I committed to directing 'Catch Me If You Can' not because of the divorce component, but principally because Frank Abagnale did things that were the most astonishing scams I had ever heard.
Steven Spielberg

The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things.
Charles Baudelaire

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.
William Ralph Inge

When I heard about the Microsoft Kinect, though, I felt an urgency rising in me. A game you played without touching any machinery? A chance to wave your hands around, Minority-Report style, and move things around on a screen? This sounded like almost too much fun, with gadget-y pizzazz that sounded astonishing.
Susan Orlean
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Astonishing Translations

astonishing in Afrikaans is wonderbaarlik
astonishing in Dutch is verbazingwekkend, bevreemdend
astonishing in Italian is strano
astonishing in Latin is mirus
astonishing in Norwegian is forbausende
astonishing in Spanish is asombroso, sorprendente

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