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Also Inflected form of stun

stunned

stun·ned

UK/stʌnd/ US/ˈstʌnd/ fairly common

adjective

1.

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”
2.
3.

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”

Origin

From stun + -ed.

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