astonishing

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈstɒnɪʃɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈstɑnɪʃɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: as‧ton‧ish‧ing

Adjective

astonishing (comparative more astonishing, superlative most astonishing)

1. Causing astonishment.

Derived terms

• astonishingly
• astonishingness
• nonastonishing
• unastonishing

Translations

causing astonishment

Ainu: ヤイヌマレ (yaynumare) Arabic: مُذْهِل (ar) m (muḏhil) Egyptian Arabic: مذهل m (muzhel) Catalan: sorprenent (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 驚人的 / 惊人的 (jīngrén de), 意想不到的 (yìxiǎng bùdào de) Esperanto: miriga Finnish: hämmästyttävä (fi) French: étonnant (fr) Galician: abraiante (gl), abraiento m German: verwunderlich (de) Icelandic: undraverður m Indonesian: mengesimakan Irish: uafásach Italian: sorprendente (it) Norman: êtonnant (Jersey) Polish: zdumiewający (pl) Portuguese: surpreendente (pt), assombroso (pt) Russian: удиви́тельный (ru) (udivítelʹnyj), изуми́тельный (ru) (izumítelʹnyj) Spanish: asombroso (es), sorprendente (es) Tocharian B: ākteke Turkish: şaşırtıcı (tr)

Verb

astonishing

1. present participle and gerund of astonish