stun

Definition

  • verb: to surprise or upset (someone) very much
  • verb: to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow
  • synonyms: daze, overcome, astonish

Examples

  • They were 'stunned' by the news. = The news 'stunned' them.

  • a theft that 'stunned' [='shocked'] the art world

  • His old friends were 'stunned' at his success.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) They're cannibals. Mayday, mayday. Come in, Star Command. Send reinforcements. Star Command, do you copy? I've set my laser from stun to kill. Great. Great. Yeah, and if anyone attacks us, we can blink 'em to death. Hey, you guys, I think I found him! Buzz, is that you? (..)
    1995 Toy Story