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stun·ning
(stŭn′ĭng)adj.
1. Causing or capable of causing emotional shock or loss of consciousness.
2. Of a strikingly attractive appearance.
3.
a. Impressive: gave a stunning performance.
b. Surprising: The President's final decision came with stunning suddenness.
stun′ning·ly adv.
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stunning
(ˈstʌnɪŋ)adj
informal very attractive, impressive, astonishing, etc
ˈstunningly adv
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stun•ning
(ˈstʌn ɪŋ)adj.
of striking beauty or excellence.
[1660–70]
stun′ning•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | ![]() impressive - making a strong or vivid impression; "an impressive ceremony" |
2. | stunning - causing great astonishment and consternation; "the strike came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning defeat" surprising - causing surprise or wonder or amazement; "the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"; "leaped up with surprising agility"; "she earned a surprising amount of money" | |
3. | stunning - 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" disorienting - causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings; "making so many turns to the right and then the left was completely disorienting"; "a sharp blow to the head can be disorienting" | |
4. | stunning - strikingly beautiful or attractive; "quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure"; "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas" beautiful - delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party" |
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stunning
adjective
1. (Informal) wonderful, beautiful, impressive, great (informal), striking, brilliant, dramatic, lovely, remarkable, smashing (informal), heavenly, devastating (informal), spectacular, marvellous, splendid, gorgeous, dazzling, sensational (informal), drop-dead (slang), ravishing, out of this world (informal), jaw-dropping, gee-whizz (slang) A stunning display of fireworks lit up the sky.
wonderful average, ordinary, unimpressive, poor, plain, ugly, horrible, dreadful, rotten, mediocre, unattractive, unremarkable, run-of-the-mill, uninspiring, no great shakes (informal)
wonderful average, ordinary, unimpressive, poor, plain, ugly, horrible, dreadful, rotten, mediocre, unattractive, unremarkable, run-of-the-mill, uninspiring, no great shakes (informal)
2. staggering, surprising, shocking, astonishing, extraordinary, unexpected, startling, sensational, astounding, jaw-dropping The announcement was a stunning piece of news.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
stunning
adjectiveHaving qualities that delight the eye:
attractive, beauteous, beautiful, comely, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, lovely, pretty, pulchritudinous, ravishing, sightly.
Scots: bonny.
Idiom: easy on the eyes.
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Translations
مُذْهِلمُذْهِل، رائِع
ohromujícísenzační
pragtfuld
tyrmäävä
divan
töfrandi
すばらしい
놀랄 만큼 아름다운
izjemenpresenetljivsijajen
jättesnygg
น่าทึ่ง
tuyệt vời
stunning
[ˈstʌnɪŋ] ADJ1. (= fabulous) [dress, girl] → imponente, deslumbrante, despampanante; [film, performance] → impresionante, sensacional
a stunning blonde → una rubia imponente, una rubia despampanante
you look absolutely stunning → estás deslumbrante
the effect is stunning → el efecto es impresionante
a stunning blonde → una rubia imponente, una rubia despampanante
you look absolutely stunning → estás deslumbrante
the effect is stunning → el efecto es impresionante
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
stunning
[ˈstʌnɪŋ] adj (= magnificent) [woman, good looks, dress, display, performance, view] → éblouissant(e)
You look stunning! → Tu es éblouissante!
You look stunning! → Tu es éblouissante!
(= staggering) [victory, defeat, news] → stupéfiant(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
stunning
adj (lit) blow → wuchtig, betäubend; (fig) news, victory → fantastisch, phantastisch, toll (inf); dress, girl, effect, view, display, looks → atemberaubend; defeat, shock → überwältigend
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
stunning
[ˈstʌnɪŋ] adj (news) → sbalorditivo/a, stupefacente; (dress, girl) → fantastico/a, splendido/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
stun
(stan) – past tense, past participle stunned – verb1. to make unconscious or knock senseless eg by a blow on the head. The blow stunned him.
2. to shock or astonish. He was stunned by the news of her death.
ˈstunning adjective marvellous. a stunning dress.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
stunning
→ مُذْهِل ohromující pragtfuld atemberaubend εκπληκτικός clamoroso tyrmäävä éblouissant divan sensazionale すばらしい 놀랄 만큼 아름다운 ongelofelijk rystende olśniewający impressionante великолепный jättesnygg น่าทึ่ง göz kamaştırıcı tuyệt vời 极好的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009