stun
The condition of being stunnedThe condition of being stunned.
» Mary looks stunning.
Мэри выглядит потрясающе. — Wezel
Мері виглядає вражаюче. — deniko
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5 senses(countable, uncountable)The condition of being stunned.
ошеломле́ниеošelomlénije
(countable, uncountable)That which stuns; a shock; a stupefying blow.
(Newfoundland, countable, uncountable)A person who lacks intelligence.
(countable, uncountable)The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.
Williams will need a lot of stun to avoid going in the middle pocket
(uncountable)A low-range setting for an energy weapon that will stun its target but not injure or kill it.
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English stonen, stone (“to astonish, stun, numb”, also stoneyen), prInherited 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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Forms
plural: stunsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
6 patterns- too stunned to
- was too stunned
- was stunned by
- stunned by what
- looked stunned
- seemed stunned
See also
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