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 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