Stun
[stʌn]
Definition
(verb.) make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; 'stun fish'.
(verb.) overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; 'The news stunned her'.
Checker: Walter--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head.
(v. t.) To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.
(v. t.) To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.
(n.) The condition of being stunned.
Checked by Carlton
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Make senseless (by a blow).[2]. Stupefy, confound, bewilder.[3]. Deafen, make deaf.
Inputed by Jill
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Confound, bewilder, dumbfounder, astonish, stupefy, overwhelm, overpower,electrify
ANT:Encourage, animate, inspirit, reassure
Inputed by Diego
Definition
v.t. to stupefy or astonish with a loud noise or with a blow: to surprise completely: to amaze:—pr.p. stun′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. stunned.—n. a stroke shock stupefying blow.—ns. Stun′ner a person or an action that strikes with amazement; Stun′ning stupefaction.—adj. very striking astonishing.—adv. Stun′ningly.
Editor: Oswald
Examples
- If I were a Roman Catholic and could deaden my heart, stun it with some great blow, I might become a nun. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Vell, young twenty stun,' said Sam, 'you're a nice specimen of a prize boy, you are! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He then gave him another blow on the head, just to stun him till he came back again. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The stun-poll has got fond-like of her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But as it was, down I went, stunned, indeed, but unwounded. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It stunned her and annihilated her, but she could not escape it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But he is only stunned by the unvanquishable difficulty of his existence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I tried to collect my thoughts, but I was stunned. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Tom sat, like one stunned, at the fire. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She had not felt so stunned--so impressed as she did now, when echoes of Mr. Thornton's voice yet lingered about the room. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I felt stunned, more by the sudden shock of such an idea being presented to my imagination as possible, than from conviction of its probability. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- As if that wasn't stunning enough, a hundred lions is turned into the same wild-beast-show all at once! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A stunning blow from the big Greek lexicon, which an old fellow in a black gown fired at him, said Ned. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- As if that wasn't stunning enough, Commodious, in another character, kills 'em all off in a hundred goes! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was a wild masquerade of all imaginable costumes--every struggling throng in every street was a dissolving view of stunning contrasts. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As if that wasn't stunning enough, Vittle-us (and well named too) eats six millions' worth, English money, in seven months! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- How I pity those whom mental pain stuns instead of rousing! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Edited by Gene