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Definition of "stunning" []

  • Causing or capable of causing emotional shock or loss of consciousness. (adjective)
  • Of a strikingly attractive appearance. (adjective)
  • Impressive: gave a stunning performance. (adjective)
  • Surprising: The President's final decision came with stunning suddenness. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "stunning" in a sentence
  • "The administration negotiated what I called stunning reductions in trade, and in increases in tariff rate quotas, reductions in export subsidies, and elimination of sanitary and phytosanitary barriers in all products, virtually -- meats from beef, pork, poultry; dairy; citrus; specialty crops of all sorts."
  • "Insurance regulators and safety activists are alarmed at what they describe as a stunning rise in the number of drivers who are cutting back or even dropping their auto insurance to save money during the recession."
  • "By Susie Madrak Thursday Apr 09, 2009 4: 00pm Insurance regulators and safety activists are alarmed at what they describe as a stunning rise in the number of drivers who are cutting back or even dropping their auto insurance to save money during the recession."