Exact Match for "stun"
- stun⇄noun 1a. the act of stunning or dazing.
b. the condition of being stunned.
2. a thing that stuns; stunner. - stun⇄stun, verb, stunned,stunning,noun.
- stun⇄v.t. 1. to make senseless; knock unconscious.
Ex. He was stunned by the fall.
2. to daze; bewilder; shock; overwhelm.
Ex. She was stunned by the news of a friend's death.
(SYN) stupefy, astound, amaze.
Starts With "stun"
- stun gas⇄stun gas
an incapacitating gas; incapacitant.
Ex. Police across the country have ... adopted Mace, a chemical stun gas in a pressurized can, as a means of coping with rioters and unruly suspects (Time). - stun gun⇄stun gun
a device used to control unruly or rioting people, such as a stick that delivers a powerful electric shock on contact or a gun that shoots a compressed bag filled with sand, bird shoot, or the like. - stung⇄stung, verb.
a past tense and past participle of sting.
Ex. A wasp stung him. He was stung on the neck. - stunk⇄stunk, verb.
a past tense and past participle of stink.
Ex. The garbage dump stunk. The rotten eggs had stunk up the kitchen. - stunner⇄stunner, noun.
1. a person, thing, or blow that stuns.
2. (Informal.) a very striking or attractive person or thing.
3. (Informal.) an expert.
Ex. The cook ... was really a stunner for tarts (Thackeray). - stunning⇄adv. stunningly.
- stunning⇄stunning, adjective.
1a. very attractive or good-looking; strikingly pretty.
Ex. a stunning girl, a stunning new hat.
b. excellent or delightful; firstrate; splendid.
Ex. a stunning performance.
2. that stuns or dazes; bewi - stuns'le⇄stunsail orstuns'le, noun. studdingsail.
- stunsail⇄stunsail orstuns'le, noun. studdingsail.
- stunt⇄noun a feat to attract attention; act showing boldness or skill.
Ex. to do stunts in the water or with an airplane. Circus riders perform stunts on horseback. - stunt⇄noun 1. a stunting.
2. a stunted animal or plant. - stunt⇄stunt (1), verb, noun.
- stunt⇄stunt (2), noun, verb.
(Informal.) - stunt⇄v.i. to perform a stunt or stunts.
- stunt⇄v.t. to perform a stunt or stunts with.
Ex. to stunt an airplane. - stunt⇄v.t. 1. to check in growth or development.
Ex. Lack of proper food often stunts a child.
2. to decrease the rate of; retard.
Ex. to stunt the growth of a plant. - stunted⇄adv. stuntedly.
- stunted⇄noun stuntedness.
- stunted⇄stunted, adjective.
1. checked in growth or development; undeveloped; dwarfed.
Ex. a knot of stunted hollies (Thomas Hardy).
2. disproportionately or abnormally short or small.
3. (of growth or development) checked or arrested. - stuntiness⇄stuntiness, noun.
a being stunted or stunty; stuntedness. - stuntman⇄stuntman, noun. pl.-men.
a man who performs dangerous or difficult feats as a profession, especially in motion pictures where he often acts as a double for an actor. - stunty⇄stunty (1), adjective. stunted.
- stunty⇄stunty (2), adjective.
done for display; showy.
Ex. Writing should be literate but not fine, amusing but not facetious, attractive but not stunty (Observer).
Broader Match for "stun"
- distune⇄distune, transitive verb, -tuned,-tuning.
(Archaic.) to put out of tune.
Ex. What thought distempers and distunes thy woe? (Algernon Charles Swinburne).
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