stun

Definition of stun in English English dictionary: To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness
In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.; To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball; To shock or surprise
He stood there stunned, looking at the beautiful, breath-taking sunrise.; {v} to make senseless with a blow, to stupify; If you are stunned by something, you are extremely shocked or surprised by it and are therefore unable to speak or do anything. Many cinema-goers were stunned by the film's violent and tragic end. + stunned stunned When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned; {f} shock; astonish, astound; stupefy, daze; If something such as a blow on the head stuns you, it makes you unconscious or confused and unsteady. Sam stood his ground and got a blow that stunned him. see also stunning; {i} act of stunning; state of being stunned; To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing; To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head; To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder; make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"; overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her; surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"; To incapacitate; The condition of being stunned; overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her"; hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag; make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish" overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her; astony
stun gun: A weapon intended to immobilize, usually through delivery of an electric shock
stun guns: plural form of stun gun
stun gun: a weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shock
stun gun: {i} weapon which immobilizes but does not kill
stun gun: A weapon designed to stun or temporarily immobilize a victim, especially by delivering a high-voltage electric shock. a weapon that produces a very strong electric current and can be used to make animals or people unconscious
stunned: Simple past tense and past participle of stun
stunning: Amazing
That film was stunning.
stunning: Exceptionally beautiful or attractive
That woman is stunning!.
stunning: Present participle of stun
stunning: Having an effect that stuns
The stunning jolt from the Tazer gun made the criminal stop fleeing.
stunningly: extremely
She was stunningly beautiful. I couldn't take my eyes off her.
stunning: Overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses; especially, overpowering the sense of hearing; confounding with noise
Stunned: stound
To stun: astun
hurl a stun grenade: throw a stun grenade (type of explosive)
stunned: unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked
stunned: too surprised or shocked to speak
stunned: filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock; "an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation"; "I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral"; "astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing"; "stood in stunned silence"; "stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses"
stunned: {s} astonished, shocked; astounded; totally amazed; filled with emotional effect of strong surprise or shock; knocked out; knocked unconscious by a hard hit or strike
stunned: knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
stunned: in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue"
stunned: past tense of to stun
stunned: dazed
stunning: Something that stuns
stunning: {s} capable of causing emotional shock, capable of causing insensibility; exceptionally attractive; amazing, astounding, overwhelming
stunning: A stunning event is extremely unusual or unexpected. The minister resigned last night after a stunning defeat in Sunday's vote
stunning: Present participle of to stun
stunning: strikingly beautiful or attractive; "quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure"; "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas"
stunning: beautiful, pretty
stunning: A stunning person or thing is extremely beautiful or impressive. She was 55 and still a stunning woman
stunning: causing great astonishment and consternation; "the strike came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning defeat
stunning: commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance"
stunning: 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"
stunning: Striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on account of excellence; as, stunning poetry
stunning: causing great astonishment and consternation; "the strike came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning defeat"
stunningly: In a stunning manner
stunningly: in a spectacular manner; "the area was spectacularly scenic"
stunningly: amazingly, astoundingly, overwhelmingly

stun

Turkish pronunciation

stʌn

Synonyms

amaze, astonish, astound, bemuse, bewilder, blow away, bowl over, confound, confuse, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor, fog, hit

Pronunciation

/ˈstən/ /ˈstʌn/

Etymology

[ st&n ] (transitive verb.) 14th century. Middle English stunien, stonien, stounien from Old English stunian "to make a loud sound, crash; to strike or impinge with a loud noise, knock" from Proto-Germanic *stunjanan (“to sound, crash, bang”) from PGmc base *stenanan (“to moan, shout”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tona-, *(s)tena- (“to thunder, moan”). Akin to Old Norse stynja "to make a noise; to groan", Middle Dutch stonen, stenen "to groan", Middle High German stunen "to stun, hit, bump", Old High German stunōd "a match" (literally, "something you strike"), Old English ġestun "noise, whirlwind", Old English stēnan "to groan". Possibly influenced in some senses by unrelated Middle English astonen, astonyen "to astonish".