Hypertext Webster Gateway: "astounding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Astound \As*tound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Astounded}, [Obs.]
{Astound}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Astounding}.] [See {Astound}, a.]
1. To stun; to stupefy.
No puissant stroke his senses once astound.
--Fairfax.
2. To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with
wonder, surprise, or fear.
These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The
virtuous mind. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Astounding \As*tound"ing\, a.
Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an
astounding force, statement, or fact. -- {As*tound"ing*ly},
adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
astounding
adj 1: bewildering or striking dumb with wonder [syn: {dumbfounding},
{dumfounding}]
2: so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an
enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding
achievement"; "the amount of money required was
staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure
inside the boucle dress was stupefying" [syn: {astonishing},
{staggering}, {stupefying}]
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