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# astonishing

adjective; present participle of «astonish» (astonish, astonishes, astonished, astonishing)

«astonishing» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Astonishing means so surprising that it is hard to believe; amazing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used for very surprising facts, events and sights: «an astonishing discovery». In science, «it is astonishing that a tiny seed grows into an oak». In Alice everything that happens is astonishing to Alice. In maths, a result may be «astonishing» when the numbers are much bigger than expected.

### Examples

- It is astonishing how fast a cheetah runs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/#x1)
- Alice saw an astonishing sight: a cat with a grin and no body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/#x2)
- The magician did an astonishing trick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/#x3)
- An astonishing number of people came. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/#x4)
- The blue whale is astonishing in size. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/#x5)
- It's astonishing that you finished so quickly! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/#x6)
- The Queen cried, ‘It is astonishing!’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/#x7)

### Note

Adverb: astonishingly. Stronger than «surprising»; similar to «amazing», «astounding». «Astonished» describes the person who feels it; «astonishing» describes the thing that causes it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «astonishing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«astonishing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/astonishing.html) on Mova free.