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stunned Definition


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stun
verb stunned, stunning
    1. To make someone unconscious, eg by a blow to the head.
      Thesaurus: hit, knock out, daze, dazzle, deaden, paralyse, benumb, drug.
    2. To make someone unable to speak or think clearly, eg through shock.
      Thesaurus: astonish, astound, amaze.
    3. colloq
      To impress someone greatly; to astound them.
noun
    1. The act of stunning or state of being stunned.
Etymology: 13c: from French estoner to astonish.



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