stunning

stunning
adj
1. astonishing, astounding, amazing, extraordinary, out of the ordinary, incredible, unbelievable; marvelous, wonderful, wondrous, fabulous, prodigious, miraculous; sensational, spectacular; startling, shocking, staggering, jolting, jarring, eye-opening; overwhelming, overpowering, mind-boggling, Sl. mind-blowing; confounding, bewildering, stupefying, paralyzing; petrifying, terrifying, frightening.
2. dazzling, resplendent, brilliant, foudroyant, gorgeous, glorious, ravishing, divine, sublime, Sl. devastating, Sl. killing; splendid, capital, grand, magnificent, superb, exquisite, Sl. out of this world; beautiful, lovely, fetching.

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