stunning (adj.)

1660s, "dazzling," present-participle adjective from stun (v.). Popularized for "splendid, excellent" c. 1849. Related: Stunningly.

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stun (v.)

early 14c., "to daze or render unconscious" (from a blow, powerful emotion, etc.), probably a shortening of Old French estoner "to stun" (see astonish). Related: Stunned; stunning.

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Definitions of stunning

stunning (adj.)

commanding attention;

a stunning performance

Synonyms: arresting / sensational

stunning (adj.)

causing great astonishment and consternation;

the strike came as a stunning protest against management

a stunning defeat

stunning (adj.)

causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility;

a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke

laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow

stunning (adj.)

strikingly beautiful or attractive;

stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas

quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure

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