"stunned" in the verb sense

1. stun, stupefy

make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

"stun fish"

2. sandbag, stun

hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag

3. stun, bedaze, daze

overcome as with astonishment or disbelief

"The news stunned her"

"stunned" in the adjective sense

1. amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned

filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock

"an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation"

"I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral"

"astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing"

"stood in stunned silence"

"stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses"

2. knocked out, kayoed, KO'd, out, stunned

knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

3. dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid

in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock

"he had a dazed expression on his face"

"lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"

"was stupid from fatigue"

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