| a. | 1. | Overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses; especially, overpowering the sense of hearing; confounding with noise. |
| 2. | Striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on account of excellence; |
| Adj. | 1. | stunning - commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance" Synonyms: arresting, sensational |
| 2. | stunning - causing great astonishment and consternation; "the strike came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning defeat" | |
| 3. | stunning - 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" | |
| 4. | stunning - strikingly beautiful or attractive; "quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure"; "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas" |