vverb.motionwalk as if unable to control one's movementsSynset:careen keel lurch reel stagger swag
Examples:- The drunken man staggered into the room
Derivationally Related Form:reelerlurchcareenstaggerstaggerer
Hypernyms:walk
Inherited Hypernyms:staggerwalktravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.motionwalk with great difficultySynset:flounder stagger
Examples:- He staggered along in the heavy snow
Derivationally Related Form:stagger
Hypernyms:walk
Inherited Hypernyms:staggerwalktravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | The children --- to the playground (apply to: stagger)
vverb.contactto arrange in a systematic orderSynset:distribute stagger
Examples:- stagger the chairs in the lecture hall
Hypernyms:arrange set up
Inherited Hypernyms:staggerarrangeputmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.emotionastound or overwhelm, as with shockExamples:- She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake
Hypernyms:overcome overpower overtake overwhelm sweep over whelm
Inherited Hypernyms:staggeroverwhelmarousemake
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody
adj satadj.allso surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelmSynset:astonishing astounding stupefying
Examples:- such an enormous response was astonishing
- an astounding achievement
- the amount of money required was staggering
- suffered a staggering defeat
- the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying
Antonyms:unimpressive
Inherited Hypernyms:astonishing
Similar to:impressive