[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stunning \stun"ning\, a.
   1. overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses;
      especially, overpowering the sense of hearing; confounding
      with noise.
      1913 webster

   2. striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on
      account of excellence; as, stunning poetry. slang --c.
      kingsley. -- stun"ningly, adv. slang
      1913 webster
see also:
stun"ningly 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stun \stun\, v. t. imp.  p. p. stunned; p. pr.  vb. n.
   stunning. oe. stonien, stownien; either fr. as. stunian
   to resound cf. d. stenen to groan, g. st"ohnen, icel.
   stynja, gr. ?, skr. stan to thunder, and e. thunder, or from
   the same source as e. astonish. root168.
   1. to make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render
      senseless by a blow, as on the head.
      1913 webster

            one hung a poleax at his saddlebow,
            and one a heavy mace to stun the foe. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome;
      especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.
      1913 webster

            and stunned him with the music of the spheres.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

   3. to astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.
      1913 webster

            william was quite stunned at my discourse. --de foe.
      1913 webster
see also:
stunned stunning 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

stun
     v 1: make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
          syn: stupefy
     2: surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "i was floored
        when i heard that i was promoted" syn: shock, floor,
        ball over, blow out of the water, take aback
     3: hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag syn: sandbag
     4: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "the news
        stunned her" syn: bedaze, daze
     also: stunning, stunned
see also:
stupefy shock floor ball over blow out of the water take aback 
sandbag bedaze daze stunning stunned 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

stunning
     adj 1: commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people
            turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one
            never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance" syn:
             arresting, sensational
     2: causing great astonishment and consternation; "the strike
        came as a stunning protest against management"; "a
        stunning defeat"
     3: 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: strikingly beautiful or attractive; "quite stunning with
        large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure";
        "stunning photographs of canada's wilderness areas"
see also:
arresting sensational 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

stunning
     see stun
see also:
stun 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

141 moby thesaurus words for "stunning":
   ok, ace-high, amazing, analgesic, anesthetic, astonishing,
   astounding, attractive, bad, bang-up, beaming, beauteous,
   beautiful, benumbing, bloodcurdling, blooming, bonny, bonzer, boss,
   breathtaking, bright, brilliant, bully, but good, comely,
   confounding, cool, corking, crackerjack, dandy, dazzling,
   deadening, delicious, devastating, divine, ducky, dulling,
   electrifying, exquisite, extraordinary, eye-opening, fab, fabulous,
   fair, famous, fine, fine and dandy, first-class, first-rate,
   first-string, gear, glamorous, glorious, glowing, gorgeous, grand,
   great, groovy, hair-raising, handsome, heavenly, heavy, hot,
   hunky-dory, jam-up, jarring, jolting, just dandy, keen, killing,
   knockout, lovely, magnificent, marvy, mean, mind-boggling,
   narcotic, neat, nifty, nobby, number one, numbing, okay,
   out of sight, overpowering, overwhelming, paralyzing, peachy,
   peachy-keen, petrifying, pretty, pulchritudinous, radiant, raving,
   ravishing, remarkable, resplendent, ripping, royal, rum,
   scrumptious, sensational, shining, shocking, slap-up, smashing,
   solid, something else, sparkling, spectacular, spiffing, spiffy,
   splendid, splendorous, splendrous, staggering, startling, striking,
   stupefying, stupendous, sublime, superb, superior, surprising,
   swell, terrifying, terror, terror-bearing, terror-breathing,
   terror-breeding, terror-bringing, terror-fraught, terror-giving,
   terror-inspiring, terror-striking, terrorful, terroristic, top,
   tough, wizard, wonderful

[7] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

stunning adj. mind-bogglingly stupid. usually used in sarcasm. "you
   want to code _what_ in ada? that's a ... stunning idea"

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