It's astonishing, the size of his head.
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Astonishing
/əˈstɒnɪʃɪŋ/
Synonyms for "astonishing" (113 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Adjective(9 words)
Verb(1 words)
Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (56)
marvelousmind-bogglingmiraculousnotablenoteworthynoticeableof markoutstandingoverwhelmingportentousprodigiousremarkablesensationalshockingsignalspectacularstaggeringstartlingstrangestriking
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Noun(4 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(22 words)
otherworldly visionoutrageousphenomenalremarkableremarkable attributescarystaggeringstartlestunningstupefyingsurprisesurprising endingsurrealtremendousunaccountableunbelievableunbelievable claimuncannyunexpected endingunreal
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wild specimenwow
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12 entriesextraordinary featflabbergastgeegoshphenomenal growthspectacular findingspectacular resultstaggeringstunstunningunbelievablewow
Collocations
14 entriesastonishing accuracyastonishing claimastonishing discoveryastonishing featastonishing figureastonishing findingastonishing growthastonishing performanceastonishing rateastonishing resilienceastonishing resultastonishing resultsastonishing speedastonishingly fast
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14 total sentences available.
I have been more than once intoxicated, my passions have always bordered on extravagance: I am not ashamed to confess it; for I have learned, by my own experience, that all extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane.
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It is astonishing to witness that the Iranians, onto whom the Arabs imposed Islam through military defeat, have become its most zealous followers to the point of oppressing those of Zoroastrianism, though it is the religion of their own fathers. A kind of Stockholm syndrome on the national scale.
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It was completely astonishing, as you would expect.
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