Also Inflected form of stun
stunning
stun·ning
adjective
1.
- “an arresting drawing of people turning into animals”
- “a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten”
- “a stunning performance”
2.
causing great astonishment and consternation
- “the strike came as a stunning protest against management”
- “a stunning defeat”
3.
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”
4.
strikingly beautiful or attractive
- “quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure”
- “stunning photographs of Canada”
Origin
From Middle English stunnyng, stonyng (also stoniynge, stonyynge), equivalent to stun + -ing.
Phrases
- stunning and brave
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Word family
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