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View definitions for staggering

staggering

adjective as in overwhelming

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A staggering 80 percent of college women do not report the crime to police, compared to 67 percent of non-students.

As a treatise on the essential vacuity of the white liberal male, Boyhood is a staggering achievement.

The total number of maps reported missing by the affected institutions, however, was a staggering 256.

The Brazilian beauty pulled in a staggering $47 million in 2013 alone, equating to a cool $128,000 a day.

The conservative reporter claims to have ‘debunked’ a report showing the staggering number of school shootings in America.

When Black Hood put in his appearance, the young man started to move along up the alley, staggering as he walked.

And when the first faint streaks of morning light showed in the sky, all four children were almost staggering with sleep.

Frank was staggering, garrulous, laughing a great deal over very small jokes.

He had heard of famishing men staggering along astonishing distances half-asleep or too dazed to notice where they were going.

It was a staggering thought to imagine a stretch of water that ended on the sky-line—no land to be seen on the other side!

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On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to staggering, such as: amazing, astonishing, astounding, mind-boggling, shocking, and stunning.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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