Blindness is responsible for a staggering toll of poor health, suffering, and loss of dignity and diminution in the quality of lives of people worldwide.
Source: tatoeba (1904)
Staggering
/ˈstæɡəɹɪŋ/
Synonyms for "staggering" (214 found)
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Closest matches (43)
amazingamblingambulationastonishingastoundingbackpackingbreathtakingbrokencapriciouscareeningcatchycautiouschoppycircumspectclaudicantcolossalconfoundingcrawlingcreepingcreeping like snail
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Adjective(8 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (64)
eccentricelectrifyingerraticeye openingeye-openingfalteringfitfulflaggingflickeringfluctuatingfoot draggingfoot-draggingfootingfooting itfootworkformidablegentlegiganticgoing on footgradual
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Adjective(4 words)
Related words (107)
miraculousmoderatemonumentalmountainousnonuniformoverwhelmingpatchypedestrianismperambulationphenomenalpokingpokyramblingrelaxedreluctantroughsaunteringscrappysensationalshocking
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shufflingslackslothfulslowslow as deathslow as molassesslow as slowslow-crawlingslow-footslow-goingslow-leggedslow-movingslow-pacedslow-pokyslow-runningslow-sailingslow-steppedsluggishsnail-pacedsnaillikesnatchyspasmaticspasmicspasmodicspasticspectacularsporadicspottystartlingstrangestrollingstunningsuperbsurprisingtentativethumbingthumbing a ridetoddlingtortoiseliketotteringtrampingtreadingtrudgingturtlelikeuncertainunequalunevenunhurriedunmethodicalunmetricalunregularunrhythmicalunsettledunsteadyunsystematicvariableveeringwaddlingwalkingwanderingwaveringwobblingwobblywonderfulwondrous
Noun(18 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
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19 entriesamazeastonishataxiaataxic gaitimbalanceoffset releaseoffset schedulingprodigiousreelshift staggeringspectacularstaggered deploymentstaggered shiftstumblestunstupendous
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Collocations
16 entriesstaggered releasestaggered schedulestaggered shiftsstaggering amountstaggering coststaggering delaysstaggering gaitstaggering growthstaggering increasestaggering loadstaggering magnitudestaggering offsetsstaggering pacestaggering ratestaggering schedulestaggering start times
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
16 total sentences available.
You stand the axis on the base and then proceed to stack up each part, staggering their position.
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The enemy suffered staggering casualties.
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The difference is staggering.
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