2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
One hung a poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy
mace to stun the foe. --Dryden.
2. To dull or deaden the sensibility of to overcome;
especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.
And stunned him with the music of the spheres.
--Pope.
3. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.
William was quite stunned at my discourse. --De Foe.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
stunned
adj 1: filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or
shock; "an amazed audience gave the magician a
standing ovation"; "I stood enthralled, astonished by
the vastness and majesty of the cathedral"; "astounded
viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City
bombing"; "stood in stunned silence"; "stunned
scientists found not one but at least three viruses"
[syn: {amazed}, {astonied}, {astonished}, {astounded}]
2: knocked unconscious by a heavy blow [syn: {knocked out(p)},
{kayoed}, {KO'd}, {out(p)}]
3: in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from
shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay
semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was
stupid from fatigue" [syn: {dazed}, {stupefied}, {stupid(p)}]
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