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stun

/stʌn/verb1 syllable

Stun means: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief.

Synonyms for stun4

verb, as in overcome as with astonishment or disbelief

bedaze, daze

verb, as in make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

stupefy

verb, as in hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag

sandbag

What does stun mean?3

verb

1

overcome as with astonishment or disbelief“The news stunned her”

2

make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow“stun fish”

3

hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with stun?24

two syllables

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Stun in a sentence

  • A captive bolt pistol is typically used to stun cattle before slaughter.Amastan
  • Yanni used a stun gun to disable Skura.Amastan
  • William used a stun gun to paralyze Sandra.Amastan
  • Israeli police is using stun grenades inside the al-Aqsa Mosque itself.Amastan
  • Israeli police fired stun grenades inside the al-Aqsa Mosque.Amastan
  • Stop, runner, or I'll stun you!nonong
  • Yanni used his stun gun on Skura.Amastan
  • Israeli troops fired stun grenades at Muslim worshipers at the al-Aqsa Mosque.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of stun

as a verb

past tense
stunned
present participle
stunning
third-person singular
stuns
past participle
stunned