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verb

Astound v. t. (past & past part. astounded, obs. astound; pres. part. astounding)

To stun; to stupefy. "No puissant stroke his senses once astound."

To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear. "These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous mind."

adjective

Astounding adj. Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact.

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Etymology of 'Astounding'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Astounding" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the most astounding beauty, attired in the black and red of the Graustark middle classes, was slowly approaching from the shadowy recesses at the end of the shop. She gave him but a cursory glance, in which no interest was apparent, and glided quietly into ...

— Truxton King - A Story of Graustark • George Barr McCutcheon

... After this astounding physiological information, we parted. He would not talk any more, evidently fearing to endanger his comfort. At that time, we did not receive any more explanations on the subject, but this incident was enough to disturb the scientific ...

— From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan • Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky

... the whole horizon, from some four points on the larboard bow right round to broad on their starboard beam, was marked by a continuous line of flying foam and spindrift. They watched with eager curiosity this remarkable phenomenon, noticed the astounding rapidity with which it travelled, and saw that the sea on their starboard hand, ay, and even well on their starboard quarter, was lashed into a perfect frenzy by the hurricane before it reached the ship. Then, with a wild rush and a deafening roar, the gale struck them, and the Flying ...

— The Log of the Flying Fish - A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure • Harry Collingwood

... a wonderful big bay horse, the astounding virtues of which stimulated the black boy to an incoherent flow ...

— In the Roaring Fifties • Edward Dyson

... hearing the mockingbird, is admiration, though the first emotion is one of surprise and incredulity. That so many and such various notes should proceed from one throat is a marvel, and we regard the performance with feelings akin to those we experience on witnessing the astounding feats of the athlete or gymnast,—and this, notwithstanding many of the notes imitated have all the freshness and sweetness of the originals. The emotions excited by the songs of these thrushes belong to a higher order, springing as they do from our deepest sense of the beauty and harmony ...

— Wake-Robin • John Burroughs

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