stunned; stunning
1
: to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze
2
: to shock with noise
3
: to overcome especially with paralyzing astonishment or disbelief
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Verb
The angry criticism stunned them.
His old friends were stunned at his success.
She sat in stunned disbelief.
There was a stunned expression on her face.
weapons that can stun people temporarily
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Rosenstein said because Crown Heights has been home to Jewish families for so long, many were stunned to learn the stabbing on Tuesday might be antisemitic.
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The woman left the party crying, and afterward, the poster was stunned by her boyfriend’s response.
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Neighbors in the Boston-area community where MIT professor Nuno Louriero was shot to death inside his apartment building earlier this week said they were stunned by the mysterious killing.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Rob Reiner’s son Nick Reiner was charged Tuesday with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, which stunned their communities in Hollywood and Democratic politics, where both were widely beloved.
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“Stun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stun. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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stun
transitive verb
stunned; stunning
: to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow
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