adj
Meaning 1
Astonishing, stunning, incredible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
eye-popping
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Sound
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning- Janet Flanner- Idwal Jones
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps
- these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth
- adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dazzling, fulgurant, fulgurous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
The image is of a viewer's eyes opening wide to the point of popping out.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: okulfrapa — visually astonishing
- Finnish: silmät räväyttävä — visually astonishing
- French: à couper le souffle — visually astonishing
- German: beeindruckend — visually astonishing
- German: spektakulär — visually astonishing
- German: atemberaubend — visually astonishing
- German: sagenhaft — visually astonishing
- German: gewaltig ins Auge fallend — visually astonishing
- German: staunenerregend — visually astonishing
- German: in Erstaunen verrsetzend — visually astonishing
- Portuguese: impressionante — visually astonishing
- French: exorbitant — incredible, unbelievable