Definition of Astonishing

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Definition of Astonishing
	Astonishing of Astonish Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event. Related Definitions: An, As, Astonish, Astonishing, Astonishment, Event, Excite, Nature, Of, To, Very, Wonderful

Astonishing Quotations

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.
Thomas A. Edison

The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things.
Charles Baudelaire

I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below.
Daniel Boone

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!
Orville Wright

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.
Margaret Fuller

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.
Henry B. Adams

I could never have conceived that I would ever get to work in a Truffaut film. It was astonishing to me, and still is. I felt like an old pro, but it was still so unexpected.
Jacqueline Bisset

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.
Ben Kingsley

My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing how slow old people were. Some of them could not run up a hill and called it trying to climb stairs.
Georg Brandes

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.
William Ralph Inge

Astonishing Translations

astonishing in Afrikaans is wonderbaarlik
astonishing in Dutch is verbazingwekkend, bevreemdend
astonishing in Italian is strano
astonishing in Latin is mirus
astonishing in Norwegian is forbausende
astonishing in Spanish is asombroso, sorprendente

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