'STUN' definitions:
Definition of 'stun'
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Definition of 'Stun'
From: GCIDE
- 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["o]hnen, Icel. stynja, Gr. ?, Skr. stan to thunder, and E. thunder), or from the same source as E. astonish. [root]168.]
- 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]
Definition of 'Stun'
From: GCIDE
- Stun \Stun\, n. The condition of being stunned. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stun'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amaze,
- anesthetize,
- appall,
- astonish,
- astound,
- awake the dead,
- awe,
- awestrike,
- bedaze,
- bedazzle,
- bemuse,
- benumb,
- besot,
- bewilder,
- blast,
- blast the ear,
- blunt,
- boggle,
- boom,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- chloroform,
- coldcock,
- confound,
- crash,
- crescendo,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- deaden,
- deafen,
- desensitize,
- din,
- discombobulate,
- dope,
- drug,
- dull,
- dumbfound,
- dumbfounder,
- electrify,
- etherize,
- fill the air,
- flabbergast,
- freeze,
- frighten,
- horrify,
- jar,
- jolt,
- kayo,
- knock out,
- knock senseless,
- knock stiff,
- knock unconscious,
- KO,
- lay out,
- narcotize,
- nonplus,
- numb,
- obtund,
- overcome,
- overwhelm,
- palsy,
- paralyze,
- peal,
- perplex,
- petrify,
- put to sleep,
- rattle the windows,
- rend the air,
- rend the ears,
- resound,
- ring,
- rise,
- rock the sky,
- scare stiff,
- scare to death,
- shake,
- shake up,
- shock,
- split the eardrums,
- split the ears,
- stagger,
- startle,
- startle the echoes,
- strike dead,
- strike dumb,
- strike terror into,
- strike with wonder,
- stupefy,
- surge,
- surprise,
- swell,
- take aback,
- terrify,
- thunder
Acronyms for 'stun'
From: V.E.R.A.
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