Antonyms for stunning

Grammar : Adj

Spell : stuhn-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstʌn ɪŋ

Definition of stunning

Origin : c.1300, "to daze or render unconscious" (from a blow, powerful emotion, etc.), probably a shortening of Old French estoner "to stun" (see astonish). Stunning popularized for "splendid, excellent" c.1849.

adj beautiful, marvelous

Example sentences :

In the hour of triumph the government was doomed to receive a stunning blow.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

She and I have picked out a stunning design for the wedding dress.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

There is no stunning confutation of his nonsense before men and angels.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

He made the statement as if he expected it to come as a stunning surprise.
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

The stunning sense of deep affliction is a mercy from on high.
Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

The reply was a brief and stunning one—he had been dismissed the service.
Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever

The blows of the sea seemed to traverse it in an unringing, stunning shock, from side to side.
Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad

In the threats that were materializing with stunning swiftness.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

The stunning disaster that had overtaken him monopolized his thoughts.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various

Shorten the skirt and it will make a stunning French doll costume.
Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore » by Pauline Lester

Synonyms for stunning

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