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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. commanding attention;
- Example: "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"
- Example: "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"
- Example: "a stunning performance"
[syn: arresting, sensational, stunning]

2. causing great astonishment and consternation;
- Example: "the strike came as a stunning protest against management"
- Example: "a stunning defeat"

3. causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility;
- Example: "laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow"
- Example: "a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke"

4. strikingly beautiful or attractive;
- Example: "quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure"
- Example: "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] One hung a poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy mace to stun the foe. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing. [1913 Webster] And stunned him with the music of the spheres. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder. [1913 Webster] William was quite stunned at my discourse. --De Foe. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stunning \Stun"ning\, a. 1. Overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses; especially, overpowering the sense of hearing; confounding with noise. [1913 Webster] 2. Striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on account of excellence; as, stunning poetry. [Slang] --C. Kingsley. -- Stun"ning*ly, adv. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stunning adj 1: commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance" [syn: arresting, sensational, stunning] 2: causing great astonishment and consternation; "the strike came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning defeat" 3: causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility; "laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow"; "a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke" 4: strikingly beautiful or attractive; "quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure"; "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas"
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

stunning adj. Mind-bogglingly stupid. Usually used in sarcasm. “You want to code what in Ada? That's a ... stunning idea!”