staggering
adjective
[ ˈstaɡərɪŋ ]
• deeply shocking; astonishing.
• "the staggering bills for maintenance and repair"
stagger
verb
• walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.
• "he staggered to his feet, swaying a little"
Similar:
lurch,
walk unsteadily,
reel,
sway,
teeter,
totter,
stumble,
wobble,
move clumsily,
weave,
flounder,
falter,
pitch,
roll,
• astonish or deeply shock.
• "I was staggered to find it was six o'clock"
Similar:
astonish,
amaze,
nonplus,
startle,
astound,
surprise,
bewilder,
stun,
flabbergast,
shock,
shake,
stop someone in their tracks,
stupefy,
leave open-mouthed,
take someone's breath away,
dumbfound,
daze,
benumb,
confound,
disconcert,
shatter,
take aback,
jolt,
shake up,
bowl over,
knock for six,
floor,
blow someone's mind,
strike dumb,
astonished,
astounded,
amazed,
stunned,
thunderstruck,
shattered,
flabbergasted,
nonplussed,
taken aback,
startled,
surprised,
bewildered,
shocked,
shell-shocked,
shaken,
stupefied,
open-mouthed,
dumbfounded,
dumbstruck,
speechless,
at a loss for words,
dazed,
benumbed,
confounded,
disconcerted,
shaken up,
bowled over,
knocked for six,
floored,
flummoxed,
caught on the hop,
caught on the wrong foot,
gobsmacked,
• arrange (events, payments, hours, etc.) so that they do not occur at the same time.
• "meetings are staggered throughout the day"
Similar:
spread (out),
space (out),
time at intervals,
overlap,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): alteration of dialect stacker, from Old Norse stakra, frequentative of staka ‘push, stagger’. The noun dates from the late 16th century.
