astounding Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb affect with wonder
    amaze; astonish; astound.
    • Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!
  2. adjective satellite bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
    dumbfounding; dumfounding.
  3. adjective satellite so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
    astonishing; staggering; stupefying.
    • 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

WordNet

As*tound"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact. -- As*tound"ing*ly, adv.

Webster 1913