Antonyms for astounding
əˈstaʊn dɪŋas·tound·ing

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1. astounding, dumbfounding, dumfoundingadjective

   bewildering or striking dumb with wonder

   Antonyms:
   believable, credible, unimpressive

   Synonyms:
   dumfounding, dumbfounding, staggering, stupefying, astonishing

2. astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefyingadjective

   so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

   "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"

   Antonyms:
   credible, believable, unimpressive

   Synonyms:
   dumfounding, amazing, dumbfounding, staggering, stupefying, astonishing

How to use astounding in a sentence?

1. Joel Leja:

   This is our first glimpse back this far, so it’s important that we keep an open mind about what we are seeing, while the data indicates they are likely galaxies, I think there is a real possibility that a few of these objects turn out to be obscured supermassive black holes. Regardless, the amount of mass we discovered means that the known mass in stars at this period of our universe is up to 100 times greater than we had previously thought. Even if we cut the sample in half, this is still an astounding change.

2. Blake Whitney:

   It’s just really astounding to me.

3. Peter Strzok:

   The suggestion that I, in some dark chamber somewhere in the FBI would somehow cast aside all of these procedures, all of these safeguards, and somehow be able to do this, is astounding to me, it simply couldn't happen. And the proposition that that is going on, that it might occur anywhere in the FBI, deeply corrodes what the FBI is in American society, the effectiveness of their mission, and it is deeply destructive.

4. Teaching Assistant Abbate:

   It is astounding to me that the university has not created some sort of policy that would prohibit this behavior which undoubtedly leads to a toxic environment for both students and faculty.

5. Mickey Mehta:

   Life is astounding and not strange. If one thing is certain that is change, guide and choreograph the dance of creativity and save yourself from helpless captivity. Winds of change will allow you to give all you have and receive all you can with grace. Let change be seamless and not at a jolting pace. Be aware in the moment of change as it will determine your fall or rise, choreograph the change to MickeyMize.

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