Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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]

Synonyms: arresting, beautiful, disorienting, impressive, sensational, surprising

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