stunning
/stˈʌnɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act by which a person or animal is physically stunned.
Example Sentences
- "The stunning jolt from the taser gun made the criminal stop fleeing."
- "At length a univerſal hubbub wild, Of ſtunning ſounds and voices all confus'd, Borne through the hollow dark, aſſaults his ear"
- "The ſtunning ſtroke his ſtubborn nerves unbound;"
- "[W]e put off our burdens, and sat down rather dispirited, amidst a stunning noise made by the chirping of myriads of grasshoppers, and an abominable little creature that made a constant croaking "Caw, caw," producing a concert far from harmonious."
- "That woman is stunning!"
- "What if the very things you like in me now—you'd hate sometime. What if the things I think are strong and stunning in you now, I'd think were pig-headed and kickable after a while?"