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11 words match “ASTONISHING”

ASTONISHING a.
Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event.
ASTOUNDING a.
Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact. -- As*tound"ing*ly, adv.
DROP v.
ntinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit. They suddenly drop't the pursuit. S. Sharp. That astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop you and pick you up again. Thackeray. The connection had been dropped many years. Sir W. Scott. Dropping the too rough H in Hell and Heaven. Tennyson.
MARVELOUS a.
Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful. This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. Ps. cxiii. 23.
PRODIGIOUSLY adv.
Enormously; wonderfully; astonishingly; as, prodigiously great.
STUPENDOUS a.
Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile. "A stupendous sum." Macaulay. All are but parts of one stupendous whole. Pope. -- Stu*pen"dous*ly, adv. -- Stu*pen"dous*ness, n.
SWINGER n.
Anything very large, forcible; or astonishing. [Obs. or Colloq.] Herrick.
WHAPPER; WHOPPER n.
Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie. [Colloq.]
WHAPPING; WHOPPING a.
Very large; monstrous; astonishing; as, a whapping story. [Colloq.]
WONDERFUL a.
Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing.
WONDROUS a.
Wonderful; astonishing; admirable; marvelous; such as excite surprise and astonishment; strange. That I may . . . tell of all thy wondrous works. Ps. xxvi. 7. -- Won"drous*ly, adv. -- Won"drous*ness, n. Chloe complains, and wondrously's aggrieved. Granville.