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adjective
- 1. so shocked that one is temporarily unable to react; astonished: "a silent, stunned crowd"
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very shocked or surprised: They stood in stunned silence beside the bodies. I am stunned and saddened by this news. Synonyms. amazed. astonished. astounded. dumbfounded. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Surprised. aback. agape. aghast. amazed. appalled. flabbergasted. flat-footed. gobsmacked. goggle-eyed. headlight.
noun. : the effect of something that stuns : shock. Synonyms. Verb. daze. rock. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of stun in a Sentence. Verb The angry criticism stunned them. His old friends were stunned at his success. She sat in stunned disbelief.
When you're stunned, you're thrown for a loop: either by shocking news or a blow to the head. You can be stunned a few different ways, but they all involve a state of confusion. If your mom won the lottery, you'd be stunned. Others might be stunned if their favorite TV show was canceled.
Definition of stunned adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
stunned - 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"
shocked or astounded. When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned. His announcement did not produce any immediate cheers, only a stunned silence while the words sank in. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'stunned' in a sentence. stunned.
to make a person or animal unconscious or unable to think normally, especially by hitting their or its head hard: Stunned by the impact, he lay on the ground wondering what had happened. This injection stuns the rhinoceros, so we can examine it. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
If you are stunned by something, you are extremely shocked or surprised by it and are therefore unable to speak or do anything.
Stunned definition: deprived of consciousness or strength. See examples of STUNNED used in a sentence.
What does the adjective stunned mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective stunned. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in Australian English. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions.