What does stunning mean?

Definitions for stunning
ˈstʌn ɪŋstun·ning

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word stunning.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. arresting, sensational, stunningadjective

    commanding attention

    "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance"

  2. stunningadjective

    causing great astonishment and consternation

    "the strike came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning defeat"

  3. stunningadjective

    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"

  4. stunningadjective

    strikingly beautiful or attractive

    "quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure"; "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas"

Wiktionary

  1. stunningadjective

    Having an effect that stuns.

    The stunning jolt from the taser gun made the criminal stop fleeing.

  2. stunningadjective

    Exceptionally beautiful or attractive.

    That woman is stunning!

  3. stunningadjective

    Amazing.

    The film was stunning.

Wikipedia

  1. Stunning

    Stunning is the process of rendering animals immobile or unconscious, with or without killing the animal, when or immediately prior to slaughtering them for food.

ChatGPT

  1. stunning

    Stunning refers to something remarkably beautiful, attractive, or impressive, that catches attention or leaves a strong impact due to its brilliance, excellence or beauty. It can also refer to causing a feeling of shock or surprise, typically due to unexpectedness.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stunning

    of Stun

  2. Stunningadjective

    overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses; especially, overpowering the sense of hearing; confounding with noise

  3. Stunningadjective

    striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on account of excellence; as, stunning poetry

Wikidata

  1. Stunning

    Stunning is the process of rendering animals immobile or unconscious, without killing the animal, prior to their being slaughtered for food.

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. stunning

    Mind-bogglingly stupid. Usually used in sarcasm. “You want to code what in Ada? That's a ... stunning idea!”

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stunning in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stunning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of stunning in a Sentence

  1. Ted Cruz:

    What we just saw on this floor was stunning. I am genuinely at a loss for words, this bill is common sense. There is not a constituent in Texas, or Nevada, or Connecticut, if you asked would it be a good thing to have more police officers keeping our kids safe, they’d say ‘of course, it would.’.

  2. Mason Mount:

    It’s going to be a stunning game.

  3. Bruce Pascal:

    They're absolutely stunning, exceedingly rare, and they're worth, with the exception of one casting, most of them were worth at least $ 15,000 to $ 20,000 and going up.

  4. Wilkinson Eyre:

    There was a temptation to fill it right to the edges, but when you enter the building, there will be an opening into a big space that will preserve the stunning sense of volume.

  5. Anne Donnelly:

    The numerous fabrications and inconsistencies associated with Congressman-Elect Santos are nothing short of stunning, the residents of Nassau County and other parts of the third district must have an honest and accountable representative in Congress. No one is above the law and if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it.

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