ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ING2.] Shocking with surprise or wonder, amazing.

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1586.  Marlowe, 1st Pt. Tamburl., Prol. Threatening the world with high astounding terms.

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1599.  B. Jonson, Cynthia’s Rev. (T.). The third is your soldier’s face, a menacing and astounding face.

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1642.  Milton, Apol. Smectymn. (1851), 306. It was an astounding prayer.

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1855.  Dk. Buckhm., Crt. Geo. III., III. 450. The astounding climax came in the shape of the surrender of the Austrian army at Ulm.

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