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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Stun \Stun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunned; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Stunning.] [OE. stonien, stownien; either fr. AS. stunian
     to resound (cf. D. stenen to groan, G. st["o]hnen, Icel.
     stynja, Gr. ?, Skr. stan to thunder, and E. thunder), or from
     the same source as E. astonish. [root]168.]
     1. To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render
        senseless by a blow, as on the head.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              One hung a poleax at his saddlebow,
              And one a heavy mace to stun the foe. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome;
        especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And stunned him with the music of the spheres.
                                                    --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              William was quite stunned at my discourse. --De Foe.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Stun \Stun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunned; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Stunning.] [OE. stonien, stownien; either fr. AS. stunian
     to resound (cf. D. stenen to groan, G. st["o]hnen, Icel.
     stynja, Gr. ?, Skr. stan to thunder, and E. thunder), or from
     the same source as E. astonish. [root]168.]
     1. To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render
        senseless by a blow, as on the head.
  
              One hung a poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy
              mace to stun the foe.                 --Dryden.
  
     2. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome;
        especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.
  
              And stunned him with the music of the spheres.
                                                    --Pope.
  
     3. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.
  
              William was quite stunned at my discourse. --De Foe.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  stun
       v 1: make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
            [syn: stupefy]
       2: surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored
          when I heard that I was promoted" [syn: shock, floor,
          ball over, blow out of the water, take aback]
       3: hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag [syn: sandbag]
       4: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news
          stunned her" [syn: bedaze, daze]
       [also: stunning, stunned]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  stunned
       adj 1: filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or
              shock; "an amazed audience gave the magician a
              standing ovation"; "I stood enthralled, astonished by
              the vastness and majesty of the cathedral"; "astounded
              viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City
              bombing"; "stood in stunned silence"; "stunned
              scientists found not one but at least three viruses"
              [syn: amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded]
       2: knocked unconscious by a heavy blow [syn: knocked out(p),
          kayoed, KO'd, out(p)]
       3: 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" [syn: dazed, stupefied, stupid(p)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  stunned
       See stun

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stunned
     Αγγλικά a.
     σε κατάσταση σύγχυσης, σοκ, εμβρόντητος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stunned
     a.
     Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.
     vb.
     (infl of en stun  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  stunned
     a.
     Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.
     vb.
     (infl of en stun  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  stunned
     a.
     Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.
     vb.
     (infl of en stun  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  stunned
     a.
     Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.
     vb.
     (infl of en stun  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stunned
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s tun ned)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stunned
     Engelska a.
     1 (avledning en stun ordform=perfpart)
     2 paff
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb stun)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Stunned /stˈʌnd/
  مذهل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  stunned //stʌnd// 
  зашеметен
  unable to act or respond