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stun

 (stŭn)
tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns
1. To daze or render senseless, as by a blow or loud noise.
2. To stupefy, as with the emotional impact of an experience; astound.
n.
A blow or shock that stupefies.

[Middle English stonen, Old French estoner, from Vulgar Latin *extonāre : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin tonāre, to thunder; see (s)tenə- in Indo-European roots.]
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stunned

(stʌnd)
adj
shocked or astounded
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.stunned - filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shockstunned - 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"
surprised - taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression"
2.stunned - knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
unconscious - not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"
3.stunned - 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"
confused - mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"
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stunned

adjective staggered, shocked, devastated, numb, astounded, bowled over (informal), gobsmacked (Brit. slang), dumbfounded, flabbergasted (informal), struck dumb, at a loss for words When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned.
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Translations
ohromený
forbløffet
tyrmistynyt
zapanjen
どぎもを抜かれて
어안이 벙벙한
paff
ตกตะลึง
bị choáng váng

stunned

[stʌnd] ADJ
1. (= unconscious) → sin sentido
2. (= dazed) → aturdido, atontado
3. (= amazed) → pasmado
I was absolutely stunned when I realized I had wonme quedé pasmado cuando me di cuenta de que había ganado, me quedé alucinado cuando me di cuenta de que había ganado
stunned passers-by could not believe what was happeninglos transeúntes, estupefactos, no podían creer lo que estaba sucediendo
4. (= shocked) → anonadado
I was too stunned to replyme quedé tan anonadado que no pude contestar
he had a stunned expression on his facetenía una expresión de asombro en el rostro
I sat in stunned silenceme senté en silencio, anonadado
people reacted to the news with stunned disbeliefal enterarse de la noticia la gente se quedó anonadada, sin dar crédito a lo que oía
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stunned

[ˈstʌnd] adjsidéré(e)
I was stunned → J'étais sidéré.
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stunned

adj (= unconscious)betäubt; (= dazed)benommen; (fig: = shocked) → fassungslos; (= amazed)sprachlos; there was a stunned silencebenommenes Schweigen breitete sich aus; I sat in stunned silence/disbeliefich saß sprachlos/fassungslos da
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stunned

[stʌnd] adj (by blow) → stordito/a (fig) → sbalordito/a
in stunned silence → ammutolito/a
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stunned

مَذْهُول ohromený forbløffet fassungslos κατάπληκτος aturdido tyrmistynyt abasourdi zapanjen sbalordito どぎもを抜かれて 어안이 벙벙한 verbaasd lamslått wstrząśnięty pasmado ошеломленный paff ตกตะลึง şaşkın bị choáng váng 瞠目结舌的
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References in classic literature ?
Stunned by that loud and dreadful sound, Which sky and ocean smote, Like one that hath been seven days drowned My body lay afloat; But swift as dreams, myself I found Within the Pilot's boat.
Gradgrind, a little, thin, white, pink-eyed bundle of shawls, of surpassing feebleness, mental and bodily; who was always taking physic without any effect, and who, whenever she showed a symptom of coming to life, was invariably stunned by some weighty piece of fact tumbling on her; Mrs.
If he had been stunned and shocked before, his horror was increased a thousandfold when he got into this vortex of the riot, and not being an actor in the terrible spectacle, had it all before his eyes.
At that instant the air sprang to flame, a cracking shock of thunder shook the stunned world and Henry Armstrong tranquilly sat up.
"It won't do anything to me!" shouted Tom, as he struck the creature, knocking it into the corner of the tent with a thud that told it must be completely stunned, if not killed.
Hunter lay beside his loophole, stunned; Joyce by his, shot through the head, never to move again; while right in the centre, the squire was supporting the captain, one as pale as the other.
He fired; I heard a slight hissing, and a creature fell stunned at some distance from us.
The Indians had first mounted the engine, and half stunned the engineer and stoker with blows from their muskets.
The one impact knocked the breath out of him; the other stunned him.
Gringoire, thoroughly stunned by his fall, remained on the pavement in front of the Holy Virgin at the street corner.
Take him, therefore, and throw him into prison." The Marionette, on hearing this sentence passed upon him, was thoroughly stunned. He tried to protest, but the two officers clapped their paws on his mouth and hustled him away to jail.
So I endeavoured to reassure her by some story, invented for the occasion, that I had accidentally fallen through the trap-door of the cellar, and had there lain stunned.