About The Word Stunning
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Stunning
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What's The Definition Of Stunning?
[adj] strikingly beautiful or attractive; "quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure"; "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas"
[adj] commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance" [adj] 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" [adj] causing great astonishment and consternation; "the strike came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning defeat" Synonyms | Synonyms for Stunning: arresting | beautiful | disorienting | impressive | sensational | surprising Related Terms | Find terms related to Stunning: See Also | Stunning In Webster's Dictionary \Stun"ning\, a.
1. Overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses;
especially, overpowering the sense of hearing; confounding
with noise.
2. Striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on
account of excellence; as, stunning poetry. [Slang] --C.
Kingsley. -- {Stun"ning*ly}, adv. [Slang]
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