English Dictionary
◊ STUNNED
stunned
adj 1: 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"
[syn: {amazed}, {astonied}, {astonished}, {astounded}]
2: knocked unconscious by a heavy blow [syn: {knocked out(p)},
{kayoed}, {KO'd}, {out(p)}]
3: 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" [syn: {dazed}, {stupefied}, {stupid(p)}]