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stunning

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˈstʌnɪŋ/
Freq #6532

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Extremely beautiful or attractive.

    She looked stunning in her wedding dress.

  2. 2
    adj

    Extremely impressive or surprising.

    The team won a stunning victory in the final.

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Synonyms
1 adj · extremely beautiful or... gorgeous
2 adj · extremely impressive or... sensational
Word family
Forms stunningly
Derived forms stunninglystunningness

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Etymology

From Middle English stunnyng, stonyng (also stoniynge, stonyynge), equivalent to stun + -ing.

stunnyng Middle English
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