HyperDic: stunning

English > 4 senses of the word *stunning*:
ADJECTIVE	all	stunning, arresting, sensational	commanding attention
	all	stunning	causing great astonishment and consternation
	all	stunning	causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility
	all	stunning	strikingly beautiful or attractive

stunning > pronunciation
Sounds	stah'nihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *stunning*: 4 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	commanding attention.
Example	"a stunning performance"
Synonyms	arresting, sensational
Broader	impressive	making a strong or vivid impression
Spanish	impresionante, sensacional
Catalan	impressionant, sensacional
Adverbs	stunningly	in a spectacular manner

English > *stunning*: 4 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	Causing great astonishment and consternation.
Examples	"the strike came as a stunning protest against management" "a stunning defeat"
Broader	surprising	Causing surprise or wonder or amazement

English > *stunning*: 4 senses > adjective 3
Meaning	Causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility.
Examples	"laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow" "a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke"
Broader	disorienting	Causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings

English > *stunning*: 4 senses > adjective 4
Meaning	strikingly beautiful or attractive.
Examples	"quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure" "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas"
Broader	beautiful	delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

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