Synonyms for stun
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : stuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : stÊŒn |
Top 10 synonyms for stun Other synonyms for the word stun
Définition of stun
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.
- verb shock
- Sir, it will stun you; and you should have nothing to disturb you in the state of health you are in.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- Their intention was to stun her only and then make off with her little bag.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- My young mis', she had a ring on her finger wid a stun in it like a star.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various
- But I'll be durned if I ever seen a stun fired as neat as that!
- Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
- As in the morning, so again now the sound seemed to stun the vigorous man.
- Extract from : « A Ghetto Violet » by Leopold Kompert
- "If ye hadn't gi'n me warnin', Liz, that there stun'd about fixed me," he remarked.
- Extract from : « Earth's Enigmas » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- I had not gone far when a "crump" struck so close as to stun and partly bury me.
- Extract from : « The Emma Gees » by Herbert Wes McBride
- And had he begun to build his castles to stun and overawe the rabbles that pass his door?
- Extract from : « The Root of Evil » by Thomas Dixon
- He rapped sharply on the door with the butt of his stun gun.
- Extract from : « A Spaceship Named McGuire » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- One blow is usually enough to stun the prey and knock it down.
- Extract from : « The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two » by Prince Sarath Ghosh
Antonyms for stun
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