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astonishing definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb astonish 1 sense of astonish Sense 1 amaze, astonish, astound => dazzle Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb astonish 1 sense of astonish Sense 1 amaze, astonish, astound => dazzle Entailment of verb astonish Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb astonish 1 sense of astonish Sense 1 amaze, astonish, astound => surprise Familiarity of verb astonish astonish used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb astonish Sense 1 amaze, astonish, astound => surprise -------------- Overview of verb astonish The verb astonish has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) amaze, astonish, astound -- (affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!") Overview of adj astonishing The adj astonishing has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) amazing, astonishing -- (surprising greatly; "she does an amazing amount of work"; "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks") 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 adj astonishing 2 senses of astonishing Sense 1 amazing, astonishing INDIRECT (VIA surprising) -> unsurprising Sense 2 astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying INDIRECT (VIA impressive) -> unimpressive Similarity of adj astonishing 2 senses of astonishing Sense 1 amazing, astonishing => surprising (vs. unsurprising) Sense 2 astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying => impressive (vs. unimpressive) Attributes of adj astonishing Familiarity of adj astonishing astonishing used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj astonishing astonishing Overview of verb astonish The verb astonish has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) amaze, astonish, astound -- (affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!") Overview of adj astonishing The adj astonishing has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) amazing, astonishing -- (surprising greatly; "she does an amazing amount of work"; "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks") 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")
astonishing definition