Meaning of stunning in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    stunning

    Definitions

    1. commanding attention

    Examples

    • « an arresting drawing of people turning into animals »
    • « a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten »
    • « a stunning performance »

    Synonyms

  2. 2. causing great astonishment and consternation

    Examples

    • « the strike came as a stunning protest against management »
    • « a stunning defeat »

    Synonyms

  3. 3. 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 »

    Synonyms

  4. 4. strikingly beautiful or attractive

    Examples

    • « quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure »
    • « stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas »

    Synonyms

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