stunning

stunning

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌnɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English stunnyng, stunnynge, stounyng, equivalent to stun +‎ -ing.

Adjective

stunning (comparative more stunning, superlative most stunning)

1. Having an effect that stuns.

   The stunning jolt from the taser gun made the criminal stop fleeing.

2. (informal) Exceptionally beautiful or attractive.

   That woman is stunning!

   • 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:

     The line along the Northumbrian coast to Berwick and into Scotland is stunning (even on a Voyager!), and the weather is perfect - just sit back, relax, and enjoy the motion picture that plays beyond the window.

3. (informal) Amazing; wonderfully good.

   The film was stunning.

   • 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC‎:

     So it was against the run of play that their London rivals took the lead two minutes before the interval through Drogba. He rolled William Gallas inside the area before flashing a stunning finish high past keeper Carlo Cudicini.

Translations

having an effect that stuns

Bulgarian: зашеметяващ (bg) (zašemetjavašt), изумителен (bg) (izumitelen) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: ohromující (cs), omračující, ochromující Finnish: tyrmäävä (fi) German: betäubend (de) Hebrew: מהמם‎ (mehamém) Italian: impressionante (it), straordinario (it) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: 깜짝 놀랄 (kkamjjak nollal), 경탄할 만한 (gyeongtanhal manhan) Portuguese: impressionante (pt) Russian: оглушающий (ru) (oglušajuščij), поразительный (ru) (porazitelʹnyj)

exceptionally beautiful or attractive

Chinese: Mandarin: 驚豔／惊艳, 惊艳 (zh) (jīngyàn), 豔美絕俗／艳美绝俗 (yànměijuésú) Czech: okouzlující (cs), nádherný (cs) Finnish: tyrmäävä (fi), upea (fi), ihastuttava (fi) German: atemberaubend (de), umwerfend (de), hinreißend (de), betörend (de) Hebrew: מהמם‎ (mehamém) Italian: splendido (it) m, splendida (it) f, stupendo (it) m, stupenda (it) f Japanese: 異常に美しい (いじょうにうつくしい, ijō ni utsukushii) Russian: ошеломляющий (ru) (ošelomljajuščij), сногсшибающий (snogsšibajuščij) Sanskrit: वपुष (sa) (vapuṣa) Spanish: despampanante

amazing; wonderfully good

Bulgarian: великолепен (bg) (velikolepen) German: atemberaubend (de), herrlich (de), überwältigend (de), beeindruckend (de), toll (de), fantastisch (de), verblüffend (de) Italian: fantastico (it), spettacolare (it)

Verb

stunning

1. present participle of stun

Etymology 2

From Middle English stunnyng, stonyng (also stoniynge, stonyynge), equivalent to stun +‎ -ing.

Noun

stunning (plural stunnings)

1. The act by which a person or animal is physically stunned.
   • 2009, Kevin J. Anderson, The Ashes of Worlds

     He wished he had tens of thousands more troops under Andez's control so he could round up every one of these demonstrators. But it was futile to continue cracking down. The stunnings, beatings and arrests had only inflamed them further.