stunning.
Having an effect that stuns.
Meaning & usage
Having an effect that stuns.
The stunning jolt from the taser gun made the criminal stop fleeing.
Exceptionally beautiful or attractive.
That woman is stunning!
Amazing; wonderfully good.
The film was stunning.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English stunnyng, stunnynge, stounyng, equivalent to stun + -ing.
The act by which a person or animal is physically stunned.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English stunnyng, stonyng (also stoniynge, stonyynge), equivalent to stun + -ing.
present participle and gerund of stun
Where this word comes from
From Middle English stunnyng, stunnynge, stounyng, equivalent to stun + -ing.
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