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stunned |
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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