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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
stunned
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a stunned/shocked silence
▪ There was a stunned silence at the other end of the phone.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
silence
▪ They were immediately followed by a stunned silence.
▪ A stunned silence fell over the racecourse as he lay motionless in the grass while Heraldic galloped on.
▪ The visitor would understandably back off quickly and there would either be pandemonium or an utter, stunned silence.
▪ In stunned silence, her eyes huge, disbelieving, she stared at him.
▪ There was to be no stunned silence, no aghast staring and, it seemed, no dramatic response from Greg.
▪ He stared at her for a second in stunned silence, breathing hard, his eyes dazed.
▪ Mrs Palichuk was reduced to stunned silence for a moment.
▪ There was a moment of stunned silence.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ After a stunned silence, Peggy added, 'And I'm not going to change my mind.'
▪ Canada was completely stunned by the shooting, for it thinks of itself as a peaceful, gentle nation.
▪ His brother seemed stunned by the verdict.
▪ She looked pale and stunned -- it was clear that something awful had happened.
▪ The news of his brother's death left him too stunned to speak.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He is being honest and honesty is such a rare quality in a performer that the audience are stunned.
▪ He looked stunned, almost in a trance, but he soon regained his composure.
▪ In stunned silence, her eyes huge, disbelieving, she stared at him.
▪ Mitch looked stunned and she felt an incredible burst of guilt that she had not told him about this girl's problem.
▪ She looked stunned, almost like a sleepwalker.
▪ The crowd was stunned, and Bachelor's Button returned to unsaddle in almost complete silence.
▪ The visitor would understandably back off quickly and there would either be pandemonium or an utter, stunned silence.
▪ There was to be no stunned silence, no aghast staring and, it seemed, no dramatic response from Greg.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stunned

Stun \Stun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunned; p. pr. & vb. n. Stunning.] [OE. stonien, stownien; either fr. AS. stunian to resound (cf. D. stenen to groan, G. st["o]hnen, Icel. stynja, Gr. ?, Skr. stan to thunder, and E. thunder), or from the same source as E. astonish. [root]168.]

  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.

Wiktionary
stunned
  1. Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked. v

  2. (en-past of: stun)

WordNet
stunned
  1. adj. filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock; "an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation"; "I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral"; "astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing"; "stood in stunned silence"; "stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses" [syn: amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded]

  2. knocked unconscious by a heavy blow [syn: knocked out(p), kayoed, KO'd, out(p)]

  3. in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue" [syn: dazed, stupefied, stupid(p)]

stun
  1. v. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish" [syn: stupefy]

  2. surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted" [syn: shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback]

  3. hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag [syn: sandbag]

  4. overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her" [syn: bedaze, daze]

  5. [also: stunning, stunned]

stunned

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Usage examples of "stunned".

Ron said, in a stunned voice, as the Hogwarts students filed back up the steps behind the party from Durmstrang.

Madame Maxime was strolling away around the edge of the enclosure, gazing at the stunned dragons.

Davies looked so stunned by his good fortune in having Fleur for a partner that he could hardly take his eyes off her.

Ron suggested on Monday lunchtime as he lay flat on his back in the middle of their Charms classroom, having just been Stunned and reawoken by Harry for the fifth time in a row.

Dumbledore, taking a step toward Fudge, and once again, he seemed to radiate that indefinable sense of power that Harry had felt after Dumbledore had Stunned young Crouch.

With a swiftness that momentarily stunned him, Abigail dropped her doll and slammed her wooden sword down on his foot.

Gone was the look of stunned confusion, and in its place, an expression so benign that the only hint of anxiety came from her fist clutching at the skirt of her gown.

Abbey returned and patiently explained the axle grease on her gown to a stunned Sebastian.

She watched in stunned disbelief as he cracked it open and, seeing the corridor clear, looked sadly at her and slipped outside.

From across the room, Sam was staring at her over his Madeira and seemed as stunned as Michael felt.

Still stunned by the shock of monumental betrayal, Lirenda fought to muster a civilized response.

Then, stunned to stopped breath, Elaira saw the unicorn enter the glade.

He raised stunned eyes to take in the others, still staring, locked into paralysis by the drama unfolded before them.

Braggen looked on, stunned still with embarrassment, the High Earl straightened up, stricken.

Stillness returned, more dreadfully empty than the stunned quiet after an earthquake.