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stunning adjective [ ˈstʌnɪŋ ]

• extremely impressive or attractive.
• "she looked stunning"
Similar: remarkable, extraordinary, staggering, incredible, impressive, outstanding, amazing, astonishing, marvellous, phenomenal, splendid, imposing, breathtaking, thrilling, mind-boggling, mind-blowing, out of this world, fabulous, fab, super, fantastic, tremendous, wondrous, beautiful, handsome, attractive, lovely, good-looking, comely, pretty, sexy, sensational, radiant, ravishing, striking, dazzling, devastating, wonderful, magnificent, glorious, captivating, bewitching, charming, alluring, exquisite, bonny, gorgeous, drop-dead gorgeous, amazeballs, easy on the eye, knockout, smashing, bootylicious, on fleek, beauteous, pulchritudinous,
Opposite: ordinary, run-of-the-mill, unattractive,

stun verb

• knock unconscious or into a dazed or semi-conscious state.
• "the man was stunned by a blow to the head"
Similar: daze, stupefy, knock senseless, knock unconscious, knock out, lay out, knock for six,
• astonish or shock (someone) so that they are temporarily unable to react.
• "the community was stunned by the tragedy"
Similar: astound, amaze, astonish, startle, take someone's breath away, dumbfound, stupefy, overwhelm, stagger, shock, confound, take aback, shake up, flabbergast, knock for six, knock sideways, hit like a ton of bricks, bowl over, floor, blow away,
Origin: Middle English: shortening of Old French estoner ‘astonish’.


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