aˈstounding, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
Shocking with surprise or wonder, amazing.
| 1586 Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. Prol., Threatening the world with high astounding terms. 1599 B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. (T.) The third is your soldier's face, a menacing and astounding face. 1642 Milton Apol. Smect. (1851) 306 It was an astounding prayer. 1855 Dk. Buckhm. Crt. Geo. III, III. 450 The astounding climax came in the shape of the surrender of the Austrian army at Ulm. |