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stunned

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, stunnedadjective

    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"

  2. knocked out(p), kayoed, KO'd, out(p), stunnedadjective

    knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

  3. dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid(p)adjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. stunnedadjective

    Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.

Wikipedia

  1. stunned

    Stunning is the process of rendering animals immobile or unconscious, with or without killing the animal, when or immediately prior to slaughtering them for food.

ChatGPT

  1. stunned

    Stunned refers to a state of being shocked, surprised, or taken aback, typically due to an unexpected or abrupt event, revelation, or piece of information. It can also refer to a condition of momentary disorientation or incapacitation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stunned

    of Stun

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stunned in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stunned in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of stunned in a Sentence

  1. Francisco González:

    They were stunned and they were nervous, especially the younger sister, who lives in Ibagué. She thought her search would help her find her mother. She was too little to remember she had a sister when the volcano's eruption happened, so she didn't know anything about her.

  2. Joshua Hawley:

    I think parents across this country are going to be stunned to learn — stunned — that if they show up at a local school board meeting, where they have the right to vote, and you are attempting to intimidate them, you are attempting to silence them, you are attempting to interfere with their rights as parents and, yes, with their rights as voters, this is wrong. This is dangerous. And I cannot believe that an attorney general of the United States is engaging in this kind of conduct.

  3. Gregory Dabice:

    I was stunned in so many ways.

  4. Emma Daly:

    He stopped, looked at me, and instead of answering my question, just reached forward with his hand, touched my chest and then pulled his hand down between my breasts and said 'You're not wearing a bra,' or words to that effect, and then moved on, i was left completely stunned, and the only thing I could say was, 'Yes I am.'.

  5. Rudolf Erasmus:

    I had a moment of stunned silence, it was more as if my brain did not register what is going on to be truly honest. It was a moment of disbelief, I think.

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  • зашеметенBulgarian
  • betäubtGerman
  • pökertynyt, pökerryksissä, tyrmättyFinnish
  • abasourdi, stupéfiéFrench
  • incantato, basito, stupefatto, attonito, ammaliato, scioccato, sbalorditoItalian
  • הָמוּםHebrew
  • ದಿಗ್ಭ್ರಮೆಗೊಂಡKannada
  • bedøvetNorwegian
  • ошеломлённый, остолбеневшийRussian

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