astounding
adjective
- to surprise
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈstaʊndɪŋ/
adj
- That astounds or astound.
“astounding success an astounding spectacle”
“[Y]ou ſhall heare the Scythian Tamburlaine: / Threatning the world with high aſtounding tearms / And ſcourging kingdomes with his conquering ſword.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of astound