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astounding
Overview of verb astound
The verb astound has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) amaze, astonish, astound -- (affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!")
Overview of adj astounding
The adj astounding has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) astounding, dumbfounding, dumfounding -- (bewildering or striking dumb with wonder)
2. astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying -- (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")
Antonyms of verb astound
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb astound
1 sense of astound
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
=> surprise
=> affect, impress, move, strike
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb astound
1 sense of astound
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
=> dazzle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb astound
1 sense of astound
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
=> surprise
'Cause To' of verb astound
Derived Forms of verb astound
Domain of verb astound
Domain Terms of verb astound
Familiarity of verb astound
astound used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb astound
1 sense of astound
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
EX: The good news will astound her
EX: The performance is likely to astound Sue
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb astound
1 sense of astound
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
> surprise
=> amaze, astonish, astound
=> explode a bombshell
=> catch
=> flabbergast, boggle, bowl over
=> shock, stun, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb astound
Sense 1
amaze, astonish, astound
=> surprise
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Grep of verb astound
astound
Antonyms of adj astounding
2 senses of astounding
Sense 1
astounding, dumbfounding, dumfounding
INDIRECT (VIA incredible) -> credible, believable
Sense 2
astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying
INDIRECT (VIA impressive) -> unimpressive
Similarity of adj astounding
2 senses of astounding
Sense 1
astounding, dumbfounding, dumfounding
=> incredible (vs. credible), unbelievable
Sense 2
astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying
=> impressive (vs. unimpressive)
Pertainyms of adj astounding
Attributes of adj astounding
Domain of adj astounding
Domain Terms of adj astounding
Familiarity of adj astounding
astounding used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj astounding
astounding
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