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stunning
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As an adjective, stunning means having an effect that stuns. As a noun, it means the act by which a person or animal is physically stunned.
Meanings of stunning
7 meaningsadjective
Having an effect that stuns.
“The stunning jolt from the taser gun made the criminal stop fleeing.”
informalExceptionally beautiful or attractive.
“That woman is stunning!”
informalAmazing; wonderfully good.
“The film was stunning.”
Commanding attention
“an arresting drawing of people turning into animals”
“a sensational concert — one never to be forgotten”
“a stunning performance”
Similar: arresting, sensationalCausing great astonishment and consternation
“the strike came as a stunning protest against management”
“a stunning defeat”
Causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility
“laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow”
“a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke”
verb
Present participle of stun
noun
The act by which a person or animal is physically stunned.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).