stunned

[stuhnd]

adjective

1. deprived of consciousness or strength.

   When the fish came close enough, they would get bopped on the head with a club or an axe by the fishermen, who would then drag the stunned fish into the boat.

2. showing or reflecting astonishment, shock, or bewilderment.

   A stunned spectator managed a "You're kidding?" but nothing more.

   The curtain fell to a stunned silence, and then rapturous applause and hysterical laughter.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of stun.

Other Word Forms

• unstunned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of stunned¹

stun ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Jason walks in, stunned, and asks Bryn why he still has it.

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But as the Yankees sat at their lockers in stunned silence Wednesday night, trying to process the stench of yet another October disappointment, a disquieting reality began to set in.

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When the Dallas Mavericks stunned the basketball world by trading Doncic midway through last season, general manager Nico Harrison questioned his fitness and work ethic.

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But the deterioration of ties with the U.S. before those words of rapprochement had stunned India.

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Officers then moved her to a high-security facility, where she was unnerved by the routine strip searches, and stunned to be placed in the same block as convicted murderers.

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