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Meaning of 'stunning' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stunning [ a.]
- Overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses; especially, overpowering the sense of hearing; confounding with noise.
- Striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on account of excellence; as, stunning poetry.
2 . Stunning [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Stun

Meaning of 'stunning' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stunning [ s]
Meaning (1):
- commanding attention
Example in sentence:
  • a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten;
  • a stunning performance;
  • an arresting drawing of people turning into animals
Meaning (2):
- causing great astonishment and consternation
Example in sentence:
  • a stunning defeat;
  • the strike came as a stunning protest against management
Meaning (3):
- causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility
Example in sentence:
  • a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke;
  • laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow
Meaning (4):
- strikingly beautiful or attractive
Example in sentence:
  • quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure;
  • stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas

Nearby Words:

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