staggering

staggering
1. n шатание, шатающаяся, нетвёрдая походка; неуверенные движения
2. n тех. расположение в шахматном порядке или ступенями; неравномерное расположение
3. n радио расстройка контуров
4. a неустойчивый, колеблющийся, шатающийся
5. a ошеломительный, ошеломляющий, поразительный

staggering losses — ошеломляющие потери

Синонимический ряд:
1. jolting (adj.) agitating; bone-crushing; bumpy; jarring; jolting; rough; shaking; shuddering; vibrating
2. marvelous (adj.) amazing; astonishing; astounding; marvelous; miraculous; prodigious; spectacular; strange; stunning; stupendous; surprising; wonderful; wondrous
3. towering (adj.) overpowering; overwhelming; towering
4. flooring (verb) boggling; bowl over; dumbfounding; flabbergasting; flooring; nonplusing; staggering
5. limping (verb) fumbling; limping; muddling; shuffling
6. pausing (verb) dithering; halting; hesitating; pausing; shilly-shallying; vacillating; wavering; whiffling
7. reeling (verb) careening; lurching; reeling; swaying; swinging; tottering; weaving; wheeling; wobbling
8. teetering (verb) faltering; stumbling; teetering; toppling

English-Russian base dictionary . 2014.

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  • staggering — [stag′əriŋ] adj. 1. that staggers 2. that causes one to stagger; astonishing; overwhelming; specif., astonishingly great [a staggering sum] staggeringly adv …   English World dictionary

  • staggering — index incredible, ineffable, portentous (eliciting amazement), unbelievable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • staggering — (adj.) amazing, 1560s, from prp. of STAGGER (Cf. stagger) (v.). Related: Staggeringly …   Etymology dictionary

  • staggering — [adj] overwhelming amazing, astonishing, astounding, distressing, mindblowing, mind boggling, shocking, stunning; concepts 548,571 …   New thesaurus

  • staggering — adj. staggering to + inf. (it was staggering to total up the losses) * * * [ stæg(ə)rɪŋ] staggering to + inf. (it was staggering to total up the losses) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • staggering — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ The number of dead is truly staggering. ADVERB ▪ absolutely, quite, simply, truly …   Collocations dictionary

  • staggering — [[t]stæ̱gərɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is staggering is very surprising. ...a three year contract reputed to be worth a staggering ₤25,000 a week... The results have been quite staggering. Syn: astounding Derived words: staggeringly ADV… …   English dictionary

  • staggering — adjective Date: 1565 so great as to cause one to stagger ; astonishing, overwhelming < a staggering feat > < staggering medical bills > • staggeringly adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • staggering — stag|ger|ing [ˈstægərıŋ] adj extremely great or surprising = ↑amazing ▪ The cost was a staggering $10 million. ▪ The financial impact on the town was staggering. >staggeringly adv ▪ a staggeringly beautiful landscape …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • staggering — stag|ger|ing [ stægərıŋ ] adjective extremely surprising: the staggering success of the books a staggering 63 percent increase ╾ stag|ger|ing|ly adverb: staggeringly effective …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • staggering — UK [ˈstæɡərɪŋ] / US adjective extremely surprising the staggering success of the books a staggering 63 per cent increase Derived word: staggeringly adverb staggeringly effective …   English dictionary


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