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Webster 1913 Edition


Stunning

Stun′ning

,
Adj.
1.
Overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses; especially, overpowering the sense of hearing; confounding with noise.
2.
Striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on account of excellence;
as,
stunning
poetry
.
[Slang]
C. Kingsley.
Stun′ning-ly
,
adv.
[Slang]

Webster 1828 Edition


Stunning

STUNNING

,
ppr.
Overpowering the organs of hearing; confounding with noise.

Definition 2024


stunning

stunning

English

Adjective

stunning (comparative more stunning, superlative most stunning)

  1. Having an effect that stuns.
    The stunning jolt from the taser gun made the criminal stop fleeing.
  2. Exceptionally beautiful or attractive.
    That woman is stunning!
  3. Amazing (very good).
    The film was stunning.
    • 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:
      So it was against the run of play that their London rivals took the lead two minutes before the interval through Drogba. He rolled William Gallas inside the area before flashing a stunning finish high past keeper Carlo Cudicini.

Translations

Verb

stunning

  1. present participle of stun

Noun

stunning (plural stunnings)

  1. The act by which a person or animal is physically stunned.
    • 2009, Kevin J. Anderson, The Ashes of Worlds
      He wished he had tens of thousands more troops under Andez's control so he could round up every one of these demonstrators. But it was futile to continue cracking down. The stunnings, beatings and arrests had only inflamed them further.