Thesaurus: stun

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1. v. t. To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head.
2. v. t. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.
3. v. t. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.
4. n. The condition of being stunned.
5. v. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
6. v. hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
7. v. overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
8. 1. To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head. One hung a poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy mace to stun the foe. Dryden. 2. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing. And stunned him with the music of the spheres. Pope. 3. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder. William was quite stunned at my discourse. De Foe. The condition of being stunned.
9. v:100 v. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow v. overcome as with astonishment or disbelief