B1verb · transitive · rare

stun

stun · stuns · stunned · stunning

приголомшити, приголомшувати

оглушить, потрясти, оглушать, ошеломить

betäuben, verblüffen

To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousnessTo incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.

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/stʌn/

» Mary looks stunning.

Мэри выглядит потрясающе.

Мері виглядає вражаюче.

Meaning

5 senses

(transitive)To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.
In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.
betäuben
оглуша́тьoglušátʹ, оглуши́тьoglušítʹ
приголо́мшуватиpryholómšuvaty, приголо́мшитиpryholómšyty
(transitive)To shock or surprise.
The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegations on the front page of a newspaper.
He stood there stunned, looking at the beautiful, breath-taking sunrise.
verblüffen
ошеломля́тьošelomljátʹ, ошеломи́тьošelomítʹ, потряса́тьpotrjasátʹ
приголо́мшуватиpryholómšuvaty, приголо́мшитиpryholómšyty
To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball
(intransitive)To enter a stunned state.
The monsters stun when you jump on them.
(Singapore, slang)To confiscate (an unguarded rifle, magazine, piece of equipment, etc.) from an unsuspecting soldier as punishment for neglect.

More definitions

make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag

Examples

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Mary looks stunning.
Мері виглядає вражаюче.
ruМэри выглядит потрясающе.
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What Tom said stunned everyone.
Те, що сказав Том, усіх здивувало.
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Tom said that I looked stunning.
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Tom is stunned.
Том вражений.
deTom ist fassungslos.
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The view is stunning.
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Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to incapacitate:

Русский

By meaning 2

to incapacitate:

to shock or surprise:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to incapacitate:

to shock or surprise:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English stonen, stone (“to astonish, stun, numb”, also stoneyen), pr

Inherited from Middle English stonen, stone (“to astonish, stun, numb”, also stoneyen), probably either directly or indirectly from Anglo-Norman estoner (“to stun, astonish”), from Late Latin *stunāre, from Frankish *stunōn (“to thunder, crash”) or perhaps from an unattested Latin *extonāre (“to thunder out, make a thunderous sound”), from tonāre ("to thunder"; compare Latin attonāre). An alternative etymology derives stonen from Old English stunian (“to smash, thunder”), from Proto-West Germanic *stunōn. See also astonish, astound.

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