different between astonishing vs remarkable
astonishing
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??st?n????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??st?n????/
- Hyphenation: as?ton?ish?ing
Adjective
astonishing (comparative more astonishing, superlative most astonishing)
- Causing astonishment.
Translations
Verb
astonishing
- present participle of astonish
astonishing From the web:
- what astonishing means
- what does astonishing mean
- whats astonishing
remarkable
English
Etymology
remark +? -able, from French remarquable.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???m??k?bl?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???m??k?bl?/
- Hyphenation: re?mark?a?ble
- Rhymes: -??(?)k?b?l
Adjective
remarkable (comparative more remarkable, superlative most remarkable)
- Worthy of being remarked or noted; notable
- 1739, David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature/Book 1: Of the understanding/Part IV
- There is one argument commonly employ’d for the immateriality of the soul, which seems to me remarkable.
- 1969, Monty Python, "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" (Dead Parrot sketch)
- [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
- [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
- Synonyms: eminent, extraordinary, notable, noticeable, observable, outstanding, rare, strange, unusual, wonderful; see also Thesaurus:important, Thesaurus:notable
- Antonym: unremarkable
- 1739, David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature/Book 1: Of the understanding/Part IV
- uncommon; unusual
- Synonyms: abnormal, queer, singular; see also Thesaurus:strange
- Antonyms: normal; see also Thesaurus:normal
Derived terms
- remarkableness
- remarkably
Translations
remarkable From the web:
- what remarkable means
- what remarkable in many ways the place it was
- what does remarkable mean
- remarkable defined
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