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    [Adjective]  | "as*ton*ish*ing" | \ ə-ˈstä-ni-shiŋ \


    1: causing a feeling of great surprise or wonder : surprising


    Origin: 1593 ;

     From present participle of {see: |astonish|astonish};

    [Verb]  | "as*ton*ish" | \ ə-ˈstä-nish \


    1: to strike with sudden and usually great wonder or surprise

    2: to strike with sudden fear


    Origin: circa 1534 ;

     Extension by -ish, transitive verbal suffix (as in {see: |accomplish|accomplish}, {see: |diminish|diminish}) of astone, astonne, astony "to strike with surprise or fear, stun," going back to Middle English astonen, astonien "to stun, daze, surprise, astound," borrowed from Anglo-French astuner (attested once), estoner, estuner (also continental Old French estoner), going back to Vulgar Latin *extonāre, alteration, by substitution of the suffix ex- {see: |ex-:1|ex-:1}, of Latin attonāre "to strike with lightning, drive crazy" (past participle attonitus "struck with lightning, stupefied, dumbfounded"), from at- {see: |ad-|ad-} + tonāre "to thunder" {mat|thunder:1|};

    [Adjective]  | "astonishing" 


    1: causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness;


      * e.g., " ... gave us the astonishing news she was getting married "





    2: causing wonder or astonishment;


      * e.g., " ... an astonishing view of the Grand Canyon that few tourists get to see "



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    [Verb]  | "astonishing" 


    1: to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected;


      * e.g., " ... the news that you and she broke up absolutely astonishes me "



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    [Verb]  | "astonish" 


    1: to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected;


      * e.g., " ... the news that you and she broke up absolutely astonishes me "



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     [ "astonishing" ]

    1:  Kodama

      * e.g.,  ... Kodama is astonishing. 


     [ "astonishing" ]

    2:  To stun; to render senseless

     [ "astonishment" ]

    1: which means surprise because something happen suddenly

      * e.g.,  ... I looked round me in astonishment 

     [ "astonished" ]

    1: Amazed, being affected by an unexpected outcome.

      * e.g.,  ... "Wow, your grades have me astonished!" 


     [ "astonished" ]

    2: It tends to have a positive meaning, though it can still be used negatively.

      * e.g.,  ... "I found the porn magazines under your bed dude, those boobs have me astonished" 


     [ "astonished" ]

    3: Can also be used as astonishing.

     [ "astonishment" ]

    1: great surprise.

      * e.g.,  ... she looked at him in astonishment 

     [ "astonisher" ]

    1: Essentially the reverse of the venerated "Shocker", the "Astonisher" is achieved simply by putting one in the pink and two in the stink. While lesser known, the Astonisher has actually been scientifically proven to be more effective than the Shocker.

      * e.g.,  ... When doing double penetration, the Astonisher is the preferred method. 

     [ "Arizona Astonishment" ]

    1: Arizona Astonishment is when you Twist both her nipples then ram your cock up her ass

      * e.g.,  ... Last night I gave my girlfriend The Arizona Astonishment. 

     [ "astonishing face salad" ]

    1: Astonishing face salad is the presence of impressive facial hair

      * e.g.,  ... That man has some astonishing face salad 

     [ "Astonished" ]

    1: The word Astonished means amazed or shocked .

      * e.g.,  ... The man was astonished by the child’s report . 

     [ "Astonish" ]

    1: Someone that is from somewhere close to Aston in Birmingham.

      * e.g.,  ... Him – do you live in Aston, Birmingham? 

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