Stun
verb
To surprise or shock someone so much, that they can't react.
The sudden loud noise stunned everyone in the room.
Often appears as...
- stunned silence
- stunned disbelief
verb
To knock someone unconscious or into a state of confusion.
The boxer stunned his opponent with a powerful punch.
Often appears as...
- stunned into silence
- stunned into submission
verb
In wildlife conservation, to temporarily incapacitate an animal.
The park rangers will stun the bear to safely relocate it.
verb
To surprise or shock someone so much, that they can't react.
The sudden loud noise stunned everyone in the room.
Often appears as...
- stunned silence
- stunned disbelief
verb
To knock someone unconscious or into a state of confusion.
The boxer stunned his opponent with a powerful punch.
Often appears as...
- stunned into silence
- stunned into submission
verb
In wildlife conservation, to temporarily incapacitate an animal.
The park rangers will stun the bear to safely relocate it.
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Extreme Shock
Use 'stun' when someone is so shocked they temporarily cannot respond.
The magician's trick stunned the audience into silence.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Events
Often used when an event is unexpected, causing a strong surprise.
News of the unexplained phenomenon left the town stunned.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
Suggests a deep emotional impact more than simple surprise.
She was stunned by the outpouring of support from her community.
Pro Tip 1/3Extreme Shock
Use 'stun' when someone is so shocked they temporarily cannot respond.
The magician's trick stunned the audience into silence.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Events
Often used when an event is unexpected, causing a strong surprise.
News of the unexplained phenomenon left the town stunned.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
Suggests a deep emotional impact more than simple surprise.
She was stunned by the outpouring of support from her community.
Pro Tip 1/3Extreme Shock
Use 'stun' when someone is so shocked they temporarily cannot respond.
The magician's trick stunned the audience into silence.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Events
Often used when an event is unexpected, causing a strong surprise.
News of the unexplained phenomenon left the town stunned.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
Suggests a deep emotional impact more than simple surprise.
She was stunned by the outpouring of support from her community.
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Why giving away our...
maybe that's okay. But we were stunned. Totally stunned. We had never expected it, and it has been unbelievable. It's allowed us to increase our ambition in what the foundation can do quite dramatically. Half the resources we have come from Warren's mind-blowing generosity. And I think you've pledged that
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We don't "move on" from...
I think you can. And I think that you should because, someday, it's going to happen to you. Maybe not these specific losses in this specific order or at this speed, but like I said, I'm very fun and the research that I have seen will stun
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The myth of the stolen...
They followed them upriver deep into the jungle to a lagoon that thundered with the sound of flapping fish. The whole village set up camp by the lagoon, bringing barbasco, a poison they would put in the water to stun the fish.
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Mark Bezos: A life...
and save the homeowner's dog. The dog! I was stunned with jealousy. Here was some lawyer or money manager who, for the rest of his life, gets to tell people that he went into a burning building to save a living creature,
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The Killer Rat with...
It was the water shrew. Yeah. Which has venomous saliva, which when it bites, it injects into its prey to stun it and to paralyse it. But I've got to say that venomous mammals are very, very rare
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Mind-bending tricks from...
right I have to ask because I'm stunned what should I be asking you oh my god that is amazing that is like the best question uh what's important in life I guess I mean if you're if I have one
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ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
have taken refuge close to the beach where the water is only a few centimeters deep tail slapping is a method dolphins often to stun their prey but it doesn't seem to work here
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Hydroplaning Dolphins PIPE...
beach where the water is only a few centimetres deep kale slapping is a method dolphins often use to stun their prey but it doesn't seem to work here
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A String of Shark...
and launches him out of the water. He screams for help. - Help! - Everyone in the water is stunned. - It was very surreal.
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Incredible Dolphin...
centimetres deep tail slapping is a method dolphins often use to stun their prey but it doesn't seem to work here
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Why giving away our...
maybe that's okay. But we were stunned. Totally stunned. We had never expected it, and it has been unbelievable. It's allowed us to increase our ambition in what the foundation can do quite dramatically. Half the resources we have come from Warren's mind-blowing generosity. And I think you've pledged that
Video examples
We don't "move on" from...
I think you can. And I think that you should because, someday, it's going to happen to you. Maybe not these specific losses in this specific order or at this speed, but like I said, I'm very fun and the research that I have seen will stun
Video examples
The myth of the stolen...
They followed them upriver deep into the jungle to a lagoon that thundered with the sound of flapping fish. The whole village set up camp by the lagoon, bringing barbasco, a poison they would put in the water to stun the fish.
Video examples
Mark Bezos: A life...
and save the homeowner's dog. The dog! I was stunned with jealousy. Here was some lawyer or money manager who, for the rest of his life, gets to tell people that he went into a burning building to save a living creature,
Video examples
The Killer Rat with...
It was the water shrew. Yeah. Which has venomous saliva, which when it bites, it injects into its prey to stun it and to paralyse it. But I've got to say that venomous mammals are very, very rare
Video examples
Mind-bending tricks from...
right I have to ask because I'm stunned what should I be asking you oh my god that is amazing that is like the best question uh what's important in life I guess I mean if you're if I have one
Video examples
ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
have taken refuge close to the beach where the water is only a few centimeters deep tail slapping is a method dolphins often to stun their prey but it doesn't seem to work here
Video examples
Hydroplaning Dolphins PIPE...
beach where the water is only a few centimetres deep kale slapping is a method dolphins often use to stun their prey but it doesn't seem to work here
Video examples
A String of Shark...
and launches him out of the water. He screams for help. - Help! - Everyone in the water is stunned. - It was very surreal.
Video examples
Incredible Dolphin...
centimetres deep tail slapping is a method dolphins often use to stun their prey but it doesn't seem to work here
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Quote examples
Alex Honnold
American Athlete
The simple facts of Chadian life - what it takes to survive in that kind of climate with nothing but a hut and some animals - stunned me. And this made me realize, perhaps for the first time, how easy my life was compared to those of people in less privileged societies.
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Jane Pauley
American Journalist
I love working with an audience. I love working with actual people who, you know, if they're moved, you see it. If you say something they're stunned by, you see their jaws drop. If they're amused, they laugh - that kind of reinforcement, I totally adore.
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Alice Walker
American Author
Even with all of the things that are so awful, if you walk into your yard and stay there looking at almost anything for five minutes, you will be stunned by how marvelous life is and how incredibly lucky we are to have it.
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Maye Musk
Canadian Model
If somebody says, 'That's Elon's mum,' which happens quite a bit, they are usually stunned; sometimes they cry. I'm flattered because, I mean, to them, he's saving the world. They just feel he's the only hope.
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James L. Brooks
American Producer
I saw 'Annie Hall' with a group of people working in comedy and television. We were all stunned. Stunned. It was like watching a spaceship land. That something that funny could also be that beautiful.
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Jason Biggs
American Actor
A girl came up to me in a bar and said she wanted to be my apple pie. I wish I'd said something cool, but I was stunned.
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John Naisbitt
American Businessman
In the Marines, I was stunned, absolutely stunned, at everything around me, at what the world looked like.
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Ken Berry
When 'Mama's Family' was canceled, I was stunned that the phone didn't ring anymore.
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Mark Williams
English Actor
I'm stunned that people keep asking me to play characters I didn't expect to play.
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Satish Kaushik
Indian Director
I saw Sridevi in 'Himmatwala' and I was stunned by her screen presence.
Quote examples
Alex Honnold
American Athlete
The simple facts of Chadian life - what it takes to survive in that kind of climate with nothing but a hut and some animals - stunned me. And this made me realize, perhaps for the first time, how easy my life was compared to those of people in less privileged societies.
Quote examples
Jane Pauley
American Journalist
I love working with an audience. I love working with actual people who, you know, if they're moved, you see it. If you say something they're stunned by, you see their jaws drop. If they're amused, they laugh - that kind of reinforcement, I totally adore.
Quote examples
Alice Walker
American Author
Even with all of the things that are so awful, if you walk into your yard and stay there looking at almost anything for five minutes, you will be stunned by how marvelous life is and how incredibly lucky we are to have it.
Quote examples
Maye Musk
Canadian Model
If somebody says, 'That's Elon's mum,' which happens quite a bit, they are usually stunned; sometimes they cry. I'm flattered because, I mean, to them, he's saving the world. They just feel he's the only hope.
Quote examples
James L. Brooks
American Producer
I saw 'Annie Hall' with a group of people working in comedy and television. We were all stunned. Stunned. It was like watching a spaceship land. That something that funny could also be that beautiful.
Quote examples
Jason Biggs
American Actor
A girl came up to me in a bar and said she wanted to be my apple pie. I wish I'd said something cool, but I was stunned.
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John Naisbitt
American Businessman
In the Marines, I was stunned, absolutely stunned, at everything around me, at what the world looked like.
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Ken Berry
When 'Mama's Family' was canceled, I was stunned that the phone didn't ring anymore.
Quote examples
Mark Williams
English Actor
I'm stunned that people keep asking me to play characters I didn't expect to play.
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Satish Kaushik
Indian Director
I saw Sridevi in 'Himmatwala' and I was stunned by her screen presence.
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