adj
Meaning 1
Having an effect that stuns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The stunning jolt from the taser gun made the criminal stop fleeing.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stunning
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adj
Meaning 2
Exceptionally beautiful or attractive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- That woman is stunning!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 3
Amazing; wonderfully good.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- The film was stunning.
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noun
Meaning 4
The act by which a person or animal is physically stunned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of stun
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
strikingly beautiful or attractive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure
- stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
commanding attention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an arresting drawing of people turning into animals
- a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten
- a stunning performance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arresting, sensational
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow
- a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
causing great astonishment and consternation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the strike came as a stunning protest against management
- a stunning defeat
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English stunnyng, stunnynge, stounyng, equivalent to stun + -ing.
From Middle English stunnyng, stonyng (also stoniynge, stonyynge), equivalent to stun + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: зашеметяващ (zašemetjavašt) — having an effect that stuns
- Bulgarian: изумителен (izumitelen) — having an effect that stuns
- Chinese Mandarin: 強烈的 /强烈的 (qiángliè de) — having an effect that stuns
- Czech: ohromující — having an effect that stuns
- Czech: omračující — having an effect that stuns
- Czech: ochromující — having an effect that stuns
- Finnish: tyrmäävä — having an effect that stuns
- Finnish: häkellyttävä — having an effect that stuns
- German: betäubend — having an effect that stuns
- Hebrew: מהמם (mehamém) — having an effect that stuns
- Italian: impressionante — having an effect that stuns
- Italian: straordinario — having an effect that stuns
- Korean: 깜짝 놀랄 (kkamjjak nollal) — having an effect that stuns
- Korean: 경탄할 만한 (gyeongtanhal manhan) — having an effect that stuns
- Portuguese: impressionante — having an effect that stuns
- Russian: оглушающий (oglušajuščij) — having an effect that stuns
- Russian: поразительный (porazitelʹnyj) — having an effect that stuns
- Spanish: impresionante — having an effect that stuns
- Spanish: extraordinario — having an effect that stuns
- Chinese Mandarin: 驚豔 /惊艳 (jīngyàn) — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Chinese Mandarin: 豔美絕俗 /艳美绝俗 (yànměijuésú) — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Czech: okouzlující — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Czech: nádherný — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Finnish: tyrmäävä — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Finnish: upea — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Finnish: ihastuttava — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Finnish: häkellyttävä — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- French: ravissant — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- French: magnifique — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- German: atemberaubend — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- German: umwerfend — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- German: hinreißend — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- German: betörend — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Hebrew: מהמם (mehamém) — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Italian: splendido — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Italian: splendida — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Italian: stupendo — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Italian: stupenda — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Japanese: 異常に美しい (ijō ni utsukushii) — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Polish: zachwycający — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Russian: ошеломляющий (ošelomljajuščij) — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Russian: сногсшибающий (snogsšibajuščij) — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Sanskrit: वपुष (vapuṣa) — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Spanish: despampanante — exceptionally beautiful or attractive
- Bulgarian: великолепен (velikolepen) — amazing; wonderfully good
- Chinese Mandarin: 極好 /极好 (jíhǎo) — amazing; wonderfully good
- Chinese Mandarin: 棒極了 /棒极了 (bàng jíle) — amazing; wonderfully good
- Finnish: tyrmäävä — amazing; wonderfully good
- Finnish: häkellyttävä — amazing; wonderfully good
- Finnish: upea — amazing; wonderfully good
- German: atemberaubend — amazing; wonderfully good
- German: herrlich — amazing; wonderfully good
- German: überwältigend — amazing; wonderfully good
- German: beeindruckend — amazing; wonderfully good
- German: toll — amazing; wonderfully good
- German: fantastisch — amazing; wonderfully good
- German: verblüffend — amazing; wonderfully good
- Italian: fantastico — amazing; wonderfully good
- Italian: spettacolare — amazing; wonderfully good
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