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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
stunning
adj 1: commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people
turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never
to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance" [syn:
arresting, sensational, stunning]
2: causing great astonishment and consternation; "the strike
came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning
defeat"
3: causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or
insensibility; "laid the poor fellow senseless with one
stunning blow"; "a stunning detonation with volumes of black
smoke"
4: strikingly beautiful or attractive; "quite stunning with
large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure";
"stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Stun \Stun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stunning.] [OE. stonien, stownien; either fr. AS. stunian
to resound (cf. D. stenen to groan, G. st["o]hnen, Icel.
stynja, Gr. ?, Skr. stan to thunder, and E. thunder), or from
the same source as E. astonish. [root]168.]
1. To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render
senseless by a blow, as on the head.
[1913 Webster]
One hung a poleax at his saddlebow,
And one a heavy mace to stun the foe. --Dryden.
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2. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome;
especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.
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And stunned him with the music of the spheres.
--Pope.
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3. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.
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William was quite stunned at my discourse. --De Foe.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Stunning \Stun"ning\, a.
1. Overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses;
especially, overpowering the sense of hearing; confounding
with noise.
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2. Striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on
account of excellence; as, stunning poetry. [Slang] --C.
Kingsley. -- Stun"ning*ly, adv. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]
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4. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) |
stunning
adj.
Mind-bogglingly stupid. Usually used in sarcasm. ?You want to code what in
Ada? That's a ... stunning idea!?
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Thesaurus Results for stunning:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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