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