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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.
Jason Biggs

Meaning of "stunned" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STUNNED

stunned  [stʌnd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STUNNED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stunned is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STUNNED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

stunned

Stunning

Stunning is the process of rendering animals immobile or unconscious, without killing the animal, prior to their being slaughtered for food.

Definition of stunned in the English dictionary

The definition of stunned in the dictionary is shocked or astounded.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STUNNED


bandh
bʌnd
bund
bʌnd
contund
kənˈtʌnd
defund
diːˈfʌnd
fund
fʌnd
gunned
ɡʌnd
Jharkhand
ˈdʒɑːkʌnd
moribund
ˈmɒrɪˌbʌnd
obtund
ɒbˈtʌnd
orotund
ˈɒrəʊˌtʌnd
refund
rɪˈfʌnd
retund
rɪˈtʌnd
rotund
rəʊˈtʌnd
secund
sɪˈkʌnd
shunned
ʃʌnd
sunned
sʌnd
superfund
ˈsuːpərˌfʌnd
tund
tʌnd
tunned
tʌnd
unsunned
ʌnˈsʌnd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STUNNED

stun
stun grenade
stun gun
stung
stunk
stunkard
stunner
stunning
stunningly
stuns´l
stunsail
stunt
stunt double
stunt flier
stunt flying
stunt kite
stunted
stuntedness
stuntman
stuntwoman

WORDS THAT END LIKE STUNNED

banned
canned
dunned
funned
machine gunned
manned
outgunned
penned
pinned
planned
punned
scanned
shotgunned
skinned
spanned
tanned
tinned
unmanned
unplanned
unshunned

Synonyms and antonyms of stunned in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STUNNED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «stunned» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of stunned

Translation of «stunned» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STUNNED

Find out the translation of stunned to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stunned from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stunned» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

瞠目结舌的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aturdido
570 millions of speakers

English

stunned
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्तब्ध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَذْهُول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ошеломленный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pasmado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্তব্ধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

abasourdi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

terkejut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fassungslos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

どぎもを抜かれて
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어안이 벙벙한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggegirisi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bị choáng váng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வியப்பில் ஆழ்த்தினார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्तब्ध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hayrete
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sbalordito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wstrząśnięty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вражений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uimit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατάπληκτος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verstom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

paff
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lamslått
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stunned

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STUNNED»

The term «stunned» is very widely used and occupies the 16.200 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STUNNED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stunned

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10 QUOTES WITH «STUNNED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stunned.
1
Scott Anderson
As a journalist, I try to avoid talking to American diplomats, because I am stunned again and again by just how little grasp they have of what people are really feeling in a country. Especially CIA guys. Maybe they're just really good at playing stupid, but I don't think so.
2
Randy Bachman
Every night we all felt grateful to be there, stunned at the amount of people that are there, and stunned at their reactions. They go crazy; they know every lyric from eight years of age to eighty. It's unbelievable.
3
Art Bell
Fear is a great motivator. Look at what 9-11 has accomplished - My god. It's slammed the economy, It's - I can't even begin to detail all it's actually done, other than bring down the buildings and hit the Pentagon. It's stunned the entire nation.
4
Jason Biggs
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.
5
Joan Ganz Cooney
I thought it was quintessentially American - very hip, very late-'60s. I was absolutely stunned when a German production company asked me if I could do a 'Sesame Street' in Germany. It was absolutely the happiest surprise.
6
Patty Duke
I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day, until I look in the mirror-and then I'm stunned.
7
Britt Ekland
I was so beautiful but I didn't realise it for years. I saw pictures of myself and even I was stunned.
8
Karin Fossum
I have experienced a murderer among my friends. Many, many years ago. At close range I have seen the impact of it. I knew the victim, I went to the funeral, I have been to the house, to the specific room where the killing took place, and I was stunned by it. It's such a blow.
9
Foster Friess
I am absolutely stunned how the Democrats were able to somehow say that the Republicans had a war on women... What was the war on women?
10
Daniel Handler
I kind of always think my work is unfilmable, and when I meet people who are interested in filming it, I'm always stunned.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STUNNED»

Discover the use of stunned in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stunned and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Stunned: The New Generation of Women Having Babies, Getting ...
A guide for today's overwhelmed moms cites growing rates of high expectations that are sending women the message that they are failing their responsibilities as women and caregivers, sharing advice on how to overcome the pressure to achieve ...
Karen Bridson, 2009
2
Stunned By Grief: Remapping Your Life When Loss Changes ...
Provides advice to aid those who are dealing with death and other tragic losses, including what to expect and how to thrive again, strategies to enhance healing, and allowing God to transform grief.
Judy Brizendine, 2011
3
Stunned Myocardium: Properties: Mechanisms, and Clinical ...
Providing a broad overview of a recently recognized consequence of ischemic heart disease - stunned myocardium - this reference book presents the definition, characteristics, and mechanisms of the phenomenon in various experimental models ...
Robert A. Kloner, Karin Przyklenk, 1992
4
Stunned in America: Sub-Crime Mortgage Crisis
Do you know that our politicians, with knee-jerk reactions, are passing bills into law that are delivering death blows to the barely breathing housing market? This book will reveal insider secrets.
Mary Tootikian, 2009
5
Stunned Into Being: Essays on the Poetry of Lorna Dee Cervantes
Lorna Dee Cervantes is a pivotal figure throughout the Chicano literary movement and this book gathers 30 years’ worth of essays and articles about her as well as interviews with her.
Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson, 2012
6
Stunned Mullets and Two-Pot Screamers: A Dictionary of ...
A revealing guide to the richness and colour of the Australian language, now available in this updated and expanded edition. It records our distinctive, inventive slang and provides a unique insight into Australian life and culture.
G. A. Wilkes, 2008
7
And Europe Will be Stunned
Published on the occasion of presentations of "And Europe Will Be Stunned" in Europe in 2011/12. Includes essays by Jacqueline Rose, Boris Groys, Joanna Mytkowska, Adi Ophir and Ariella Azoulay.
James Lingwood, Eleanour Nairne, 2011
8
Stunned by Grief Journal
An interactive recovery tool written to stand alone or complement the book Stunned by Grief, which contains in-depth information and further tips, tools, and strategies for dealing with grief.
Judy Brizendine, 2011
9
Analysis and Assessment of Cardiovascular Function: With 106 ...
However, it has been reported that no microstructural damage can be observed in stunned tissue in single-episode stunning, but passive fiber damage and collagen loss may only occur with repetitive stunning (60). Since our model does not ...
Gary M. Drzewiecki, John K-J. Li, 1998
10
The Biology of Sea Turtles
Salt gland function may be impaired in cold-stunned animals, as evidenced by increased blood concentrations of sodium, potassium, chlorine, calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus (George, 1997; Carminati et al., 1994). Affected animals may ...
Peter L. Lutz, John A. Musick, Jeanette Wyneken, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STUNNED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stunned is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Judge says Britain has been stunned by scale of child sex abuse
LONDON — Britain has been stunned by revelations about child sexual abuse, a judge said Thursday, warning that the true scale of the crime has been ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
2
Karan Johar was stunned at my Hindi: Lauren Gottlieb
Karan Johar was stunned at my Hindi: Lauren Gottlieb. Lauren Gottlieb has worked efficiently to perfect her Hindi, which has stunned filmmaker Karan Johar. «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
Roger Federer Stunned by Cheeky Between-the-Legs Shot from …
Roger Federer had a rally with a fan at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, which probably didn't end as he expected. The fan held his own with a few ... «Bleacher Report, Jun 15»
4
Velappan stunned by Soosay departure from AFC
"He struck me as a hardworking, simple and humble man, so I was stunned when I found out he was involved in an incident like this." The AFC have yet to ... «Reuters UK, Jun 15»
5
Neighbors Stunned After Body Found In Pool
HOLLYWOOD (CBSMiami) – Neighbors in a quaint old-Florida neighborhood just blocks from Hollywood Beach are still talking about a body found a backyard ... «CBS Local, Jun 15»
6
Bernie Sanders 'Stunned' By Large Crowds Showing Up For Him
When Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders took the stage at Drake University in Des Moines Friday night, he got a standing ovation. The auditorium holds 700 people ... «NPR, Jun 15»
7
Rex Ryan: Stunned Eagles offered LeSean McCoy
It was an [unexpected] opportunity. We were just stunned there for a little bit. We're like, 'Really? Wow.' And we took it from there. Obviously we were interested. «Philly.com, Mar 15»
8
Rehabilitators help cold-stunned turtles recover
But scientists have linked the uptick in the number of cold-stunned turtles to an ... The Animal Rehabilitation Keep took in so many cold-stunned turtles that they ... «Victoria Advocate, Feb 15»
9
Alexandria woman dies after being stunned by deputies
Natasha McKenna of Alexandria was taken off life support Sunday, five days after she was stunned at the Fairfax County jail, the Fairfax County Sheriff's Office ... «WJLA, Feb 15»
10
Cops: 'Stunned' colleague is bus-stop killer
"We're all just stunned, just stunned," Sanders said during an interview with 6ABC reporter Vernon Odom soon after Jones' death. Sporting a plaid scarf, cuffed ... «Philly.com, Feb 15»

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