stunning
English
Etymology
From Middle English stunnyng, stunnynge, stounyng, equivalent to stun + -ing.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌnɪŋ
Adjective
stunning (comparative more stunning, superlative most stunning)
- Having an effect that stuns.
- The stunning jolt from the taser gun made the criminal stop fleeing.
- (informal) Exceptionally beautiful or attractive.
- That woman is stunning!
- (informal) Amazing; wonderfully good.
- The film was stunning.
Translations
having an effect that stuns
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beautiful, pretty
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Noun
stunning (plural stunnings)
- The act by which a person or animal is physically stunned.
- 2009, Kevin J. Anderson, The Ashes of Worlds
- He wished he had tens of thousands more troops under Andez's control so he could round up every one of these demonstrators. But it was futile to continue cracking down. The stunnings, beatings and arrests had only inflamed them further.
- 2009, Kevin J. Anderson, The Ashes of Worlds
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