ASTONISHING

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : astounding , staggering , stupefying

• (adj.) surprising greatly

  "she does an amazing amount of work", "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks"

  synonyms : amazing

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