Definitions for stunning

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stunning stun·ning

Spelling: [stuhn-ing]

IPA: /ˈstʌn ɪŋ/

Stunning is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in stunning (ginnnstu).

Definitions for stunning

noun

1. the act of stunning.
2. the condition of being stunned.

adjective

1. causing, capable of causing, or liable to cause astonishment, bewilderment, or a loss of consciousness or strength:
2. of striking beauty or excellence:

verb (used with object)

1. to deprive of consciousness or strength by or as if by a blow, fall, etc.:
2. to astonish; astound; amaze:
3. to shock; overwhelm:
4. to daze or bewilder by noise.

Origin of stunning

First recorded in 1660-70; stun + -ing²

Examples for stunning

As the Financial Times noted in September, the deal “represents a stunning change in strategy.”

She and I have picked out a stunning design for the wedding dress.

In the hour of triumph the government was doomed to receive a stunning blow.

And he, like the other men in the quartet of so-called “sure things,” delivers a stunning, awards-worthy performance in his film.

The contrast with the Wilson grand jury is a stunning illustration of the racial double standards in criminal justice.

He made the statement as if he expected it to come as a stunning surprise.

On each coast, the Caribbean and the Pacific, there are stunning beaches.

Rather, Mahone is well aware of, and repeatedly stresses, the stunning rise to fame he has experienced.

The stunning sense of deep affliction is a mercy from on high.

There is no stunning confutation of his nonsense before men and angels.