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stunned

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stun  (stn)
tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns
1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow.
2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise.
3. To stupefy, as with the emotional impact of an experience; astound. See Synonyms at daze.
n.
A blow or shock that stupefies.

[Middle English stonen, Old French estoner, from Vulgar Latin *extonre : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin tonre, to thunder; see (s)ten- in Indo-European roots.]
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Adj.1.stunned - filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock; "an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation"; "I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral"; "astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing"; "stood in stunned silence"; "stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses"
surprised - taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression"
2.stunned - knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
unconscious - not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"
3.stunned - in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue"
confused - mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"

stunned
adjective staggered, shocked, devastated, numb, astounded, bowled over (informal), gobsmacked (Brit. slang), dumbfounded, flabbergasted (informal), struck dumb, at a loss for words When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned.
Translations
stunned [stʌnd] ADJ
1. (= unconscious) → sin sentido
2. (= dazed) → aturdido, atontado
3. (= amazed) → pasmado
I was absolutely stunned when I realized I had wonme quedé pasmado cuando me di cuenta de que había ganado, me quedé alucinado cuando me di cuenta de que había ganado
stunned passers-by could not believe what was happeninglos transeúntes, estupefactos, no podían creer lo que estaba sucediendo
4. (= shocked) → anonadado
I was too stunned to replyme quedé tan anonadado que no pude contestar
he had a stunned expression on his facetenía una expresión de asombro en el rostro
I sat in stunned silenceme senté en silencio, anonadado
people reacted to the news with stunned disbeliefal enterarse de la noticia la gente se quedó anonadada, sin dar crédito a lo que oía

stunned [ˈstʌnd] adjsidéré(e)
I was stunned → J'étais sidéré.

stunned
adj (= unconscious)betäubt; (= dazed)benommen; (fig: = shocked) → fassungslos; (= amazed)sprachlos; there was a stunned silencebenommenes Schweigen breitete sich aus; I sat in stunned silence/disbeliefich saß sprachlos/fassungslos da

stunned [stʌnd] adj (by blow) → stordito/a (fig) → sbalordito/a
in stunned silence → ammutolito/a
stunned [stʌnd] adj (by blow) → stordito/a (fig) → sbalordito/a
in stunned silence → ammutolito/a

stunned مذهول ohromený forbløffet fassungslos κατάπληκτος aturdido tyrmistynyt abasourdi zapanjen sbalordito どぎもを抜かれて 어안이 벙벙한 verbaasd lamslått wstrząśnięty pasmado ошеломленный paff ตกตะลึง şaşkına dönmüş bị choáng váng 瞠目结舌的


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The Indians had first mounted the engine, and half stunned the engineer and stoker with blows from their muskets.
At that instant the air sprang to flame, a cracking shock of thunder shook the stunned world and Henry Armstrong tranquilly sat up.
Gradgrind, a little, thin, white, pink-eyed bundle of shawls, of surpassing feebleness, mental and bodily; who was always taking physic without any effect, and who, whenever she showed a symptom of coming to life, was invariably stunned by some weighty piece of fact tumbling on her; Mrs.
 
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