vverb.changemake senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blowSynset:stun stupefy
Derivationally Related Form:stupefaction
Hypernyms:immobilise immobilize
Inherited Hypernyms:stunimmobilizerestrictlimitdecreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.contacthit something or somebody as if with a sandbagSynset:sandbag stun
Derivationally Related Form:sandbag
Hypernyms:hit
Inherited Hypernyms:sandbaghittouch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | The fighter managed to --- his opponent (apply to: stun)
vverb.perceptionovercome as with astonishment or disbeliefSynset:bedaze daze stun
Derivationally Related Form:stunnerdaze
Hypernyms:desensitise desensitize
Inherited Hypernyms:stundesensitizechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: bedaze, daze) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: bedaze, daze)
adj satadj.allcommanding attentionSynset:arresting sensational
Examples:- an arresting drawing of people turning into animals
- a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten
- a stunning performance
Antonyms:unimpressive
Inherited Hypernyms:arresting
Similar to:impressive
adj satadj.allcausing great astonishment and consternationExamples:- the strike came as a stunning protest against management
- a stunning defeat
Antonyms:unsurprising
Inherited Hypernyms:stunning
Similar to:surprising
adj satadj.allcausing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibilityExamples:- laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow
- a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke
Antonyms:orienting
Inherited Hypernyms:stunning
Similar to:disorienting
adj satadj.allstrikingly beautiful or attractiveExamples:- quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure
- stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas
Antonyms:ugly
Inherited Hypernyms:stunning
Similar to:beautiful