stunning Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
    stun; stupefy.
    • stun fish
  2. verb hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
    sandbag; stun.
  3. verb overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
    bedaze; stun; daze.
    • The news stunned her
  4. adjective satellite commanding attention
    arresting; sensational.
    • an arresting drawing of people turning into animals
    • a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten
    • a stunning performance
  5. adjective satellite causing great astonishment and consternation
    • the strike came as a stunning protest against management
    • a stunning defeat
  6. adjective satellite 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
  7. adjective satellite strikingly beautiful or attractive
    • quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure
    • stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas

WordNet

Stun"ning adjective
Definitions
  1. Overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses; especially, overpowering the sense of hearing; confounding with noise.
  2. Striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on account of excellence; as, stunning poetry. Slang C. Kingsley. -- Stun"ning*ly, adv. Slang

Webster 1913