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verb

Stun v. t. (past & past part. stunned; pres. part. stunning)

To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head. "One hung a poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy mace to stun the foe."

To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing. "And stunned him with the music of the spheres."

To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder. "William was quite stunned at my discourse."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Stunned" Quotes from Famous Books

... de cords deep in de wrists, an' poor Redhand seem to be ver' moch stunned; he valk as if ...

— The Wild Man of the West - A Tale of the Rocky Mountains • R.M. Ballantyne

... this, he felt as if stunned by a blow, but immediately comforted himself by thinking that no doubt Prince Ernest was with her, particularly as he could observe in the twilight the figure of a man seated beside her on a bundle of goods. "This surely ...

— Sidonia The Sorceress V1 • William Mienhold

... approached the place where her coffin was to be put, and as soon as I perceived they were again covering the mouth of the cave, gave the unfortunate wretch two or three violent blows over the head, with a large bone; which stunned, or, to say the truth, killed her. I committed this inhuman action merely for the sake of the bread and water that was in her coffin, and thus I had provision for some days more. When that was spent, they letdown another ...

— The Arabian Nights Entertainments Complete • Anonymous

... battles and neither of us got even so much as a scratch. But one afternoon in a skirmish with the rebels near Potomac Mills a bullet struck me in the thigh, and from the mere shock I fell from Royal's back into the tangle of the thicket. The fall must have stunned me, for the next thing I knew I was alone—deserted of all except my faithful horse. Royal stood over me, and when I opened my eyes he gave a faint whinny. I hardly knew what to do. My leg pained me excruciatingly. I ...

— Second Book of Tales • Eugene Field

... ever there were an appeal in human eyes, it was in these. Perhaps it was an unconscious appeal. Perhaps the brain had been stunned asleep, but the deep-down soul was awake. It was calling to Beverley's soul, and the call had to be answered, or the vow would be broken. Roger Sands' wife dared not break such a vow lest she should be punished ...

— The Lion's Mouse • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

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