Associations to the word «Astounding»

Wiktionary

ASTOUNDING, verb. Present participle of astound
ASTOUNDING, adjective. That astounds or astound.

Dictionary definition

ASTOUNDING, adjective. Bewildering or striking dumb with wonder.
ASTOUNDING, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne