stunned

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/stʌnd/

adjective

Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.

“visibly stunned”

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

adjectivestunned (comparative more stunned, superlative most stunned)

comparative more stunned · superlative most stunned

  1. Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.

    visibly stunned

    4 more examples

    completely stunned

    stunned silence

    She was stunned by the unexpected news.

    The blow to the head left him stunned.

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of stun

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivefilled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock

adjectiveknocked unconscious by a heavy blow

adjectivein a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Afrikaans sprakeloos
  • sprakeloosunable to act or respond
Bulgarian зашеметен
  • зашеметен (zašemeten)unable to act or respond
Catalan atònit, estupefacte
  • atònitunable to act or respond
  • estupefacteunable to act or respond
  • atorditunable to act or respond
Chinese Mandarin 愕然, 目瞪口呆
  • 愕然 (èrán)unable to act or respond
  • 目瞪口呆 (mùdèngkǒudāi)unable to act or respond
  • 错愕 (cuò'è)unable to act or respond
Finnish tyrmätty, pökertynyt
  • tyrmättyunable to act or respond
  • pökertynytunable to act or respond
  • pökerryksissäunable to act or respond
French abasourdi, stupéfié
  • abasourdiunable to act or respond
  • stupéfiéunable to act or respond
  • stupéfaitunable to act or respond
German fassungslos, sprachlos
  • fassungslosunable to act or respond
  • sprachlosunable to act or respond
  • betäubtunable to act or respond
  • verblüfftunable to act or respond
  • baffunable to act or respond
Greek εμβρόντητος
  • εμβρόντητος (emvróntitos)unable to act or respond
Hindi चकित, आश्चर्यचकित
  • चकित (cakit)unable to act or respond
  • आश्चर्यचकित (āścaryackit)unable to act or respond
  • विस्मित (vismit)unable to act or respond
  • स्तंभित (stambhit)unable to act or respond
  • चमत्कृत (camatkŕt)unable to act or respond
Italian basito, stupefatto
  • basitounable to act or respond
  • stupefattounable to act or respond
  • scioccatounable to act or respond
  • sbalorditounable to act or respond
  • attonitounable to act or respond
  • incantatounable to act or respond
  • ammaliatounable to act or respond
Latin attonitus
  • attonitusunable to act or respond
Māori pōrewarewa, pōrewharewha
  • pōrewarewaunable to act or respond
  • pōrewharewhaunable to act or respond
  • pōrounable to act or respond
Portuguese atónito, atônito
  • atónitounable to act or respond
  • atônitounable to act or respond
  • estupefactounable to act or respond
  • atordoadounable to act or respond
Russian ошеломлённый, остолбене́вший
  • ошеломлённый (ošelomljónnyj)unable to act or respond
  • остолбене́вший (ostolbenévšij)unable to act or respond
Spanish atónito, estupefacto
  • atónitounable to act or respond
  • estupefactounable to act or respond
  • aturdidounable to act or respond
  • pasmadounable to act or respond
  • turulatounable to act or respond
  • aleladounable to act or respond
  • lelounable to act or respond
  • tirulatounable to act or respond
  • tuturutounable to act or respond
  • turutaunable to act or respond
Ukrainian приголо́мшений, ошеле́шений
  • приголо́мшений (pryholómšenyj)unable to act or respond
  • ошеле́шений (ošeléšenyj)unable to act or respond

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

stunned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stunned

MLA

“stunned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stunned. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stunned,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stunned.

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