stunning stunning /ˈstʌnɪŋ/

adjective

1. () Commanding attention  ( arresting , stunning , sensational )
   commanding attention
    An arresting drawing of people turning into animals
   an arresting drawing of people turning into animals
    A sensational concert--one never to be forgotten
   a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten
    A stunning performance
   a stunning performance
   
2. Strikingly beautiful or attractive  ( stunning )
   strikingly beautiful or attractive
    Quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure
   quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure
    Stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas
   stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas
   
3. Causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility  ( stunning )
   causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility
    Laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow
   laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow
    A stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke
   a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke
   
4. Causing great astonishment and consternation  ( stunning )
   causing great astonishment and consternation
    The strike came as a stunning protest against management
   the strike came as a stunning protest against management
    A stunning defeat
   a stunning defeat
   

 stun stun /ˈstʌn/

verb

1. () Make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow  ( stupefy , stun )
   make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
    Stun fish
   stun fish
   
2. () Hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag  ( sandbag , stun )
   hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
   
3. Overcome as with astonishment or disbelief  ( bedaze , daze , stun )
   overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
    The news stunned her
   The news stunned her