[syn: stun, bedaze, daze]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stun \Stun\, n.
The condition of being stunned.
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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.
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One hung a poleax at his saddlebow,
And one a heavy mace to stun the foe. --Dryden.
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2. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome;
especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.
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And stunned him with the music of the spheres.
--Pope.
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3. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.
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William was quite stunned at my discourse. --De Foe.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stun
v 1: make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
[syn: stun, stupefy]
2: hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag [syn:
sandbag, stun]
3: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned
her" [syn: stun, bedaze, daze]