From Middle English stunien stonien stounien Old English stunian ( “ to crash, make a loud sound, resound, roar, strike with a loud sound, dash, impinge, knock, confound, astonish, stupefy ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic *stunōn Proto-Germanic *stunōną *stunjaną ( “ to sound, crash, bang, groan ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *stenaną ( “ to moan, shout ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tona- , *(s)tena- ( “ to thunder, roar, groan ” ) (compare thunder Middle Low German stonen ( “ to groan ” ) , Middle High German stunen stunden ( “ to drive, push, knock, strike ” ) , Swedish stöna ( “ to moan, groan ” ) , Danish stønne ( “ to moan, groan ” ) , Icelandic stynja ( “ to moan ” ) . Related also to Dutch steunen ( “ to groan; support ” ) , German stöhnen ( “ to groan, moan ” ) , German staunen ( “ to be astonished, be amazed, marvel at ” ) , Russian стонать ( stonatʹ ) , стена́ть ( stenátʹ , “ to moan, groan ” ) . See also Occitan estonar Old French estoner English astonish
stun (third-person singular simple present stuns present participle stunning simple past and past participle stunned
( transitive ) incapacitate ; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness .
Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.
In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.
( transitive ) shock or surprise .
The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegiations on the front page of a newspaper.
He stood there stunned , looking at the beautiful, breath-taking sunrise.
( snooker , billiards ) cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball ( intransitive , video games ) The monsters stun when you jump on them.
to incapacitate
Bulgarian: зашеметявам (bg) impf ( zašemetjavam ) , зашеметя pf ( zašemetja )
Catalan: atordir (ca) , entebenar
Chinese:
Mandarin: 把...打暈 ／ 把...打晕 ( bǎ ... dǎyūn )
Czech: omráčit ochromit (cs) pf
Dutch: verdoven (nl)
Esperanto: svenbati
Finnish: tyrmätä (fi) , tainnuttaa (fi)
French: étourdir (fr)
German: betäuben (de)
Italian: stordire (it) , intontire (it)
Japanese: 気絶させる (ja) ( きぜつさせる, kizetsu saseru )
Latin: stupefaciō
Norman: assommer
Norwegian: svimeslå lamslå lamme (no)
Portuguese: atordoar (pt)
Russian: оглуша́ть (ru) impf ( oglušátʹ ) , оглуши́ть (ru) pf ( oglušítʹ )
Slovak: omráčiť
Spanish: anonadar (es) , aturdir (es) , pasmar (es) , atontar (es)
Swedish: bedöva (sv)
Ukrainian: приголо́мшувати impf ( pryholómšuvaty ) , приголо́мшити pf ( pryholómšyty )
to shock or surprise
Bulgarian: шокирам (bg) ( šokiram )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使震驚 ／ 使震惊 (zh) ( shǐ zhènjīng )
Czech: zaskočit (cs)
Dutch: verbluffen (nl)
Finnish: ällistyttää (fi)
French: étourdir (fr) , étonner (fr) , époustoufler (fr)
German: verblüffen (de)
Italian: stupefare (it) , sorprendere (it) , incantare (it)
Japanese: 呆然とさせる (ja) ( ぼうぜんとさせる, bōzen to saseru )
Latin: stupefaciō attonō
Portuguese: assombrar (pt) , aturdir (pt)
Russian: ошеломля́ть (ru) impf ( ošelomljátʹ ) , ошеломи́ть (ru) pf ( ošelomítʹ ) , потряса́ть (ru) impf ( potrjasátʹ ) , потрясти́ (ru) pf ( potrjastí )
Slovak: zaraziť zaskočiť
Spanish: aturdir (es) , adarvar (es) , anonadar (es) , despampanar (es) , atonar atronar (es)
Swedish: förstumma chockera (sv) , överraska (sv)
Ukrainian: приголо́мшувати impf ( pryholómšuvaty ) , приголо́мшити pf ( pryholómšyty )
Translations to be checked
stun (countable and uncountable plural stuns
The condition of being stunned.
That which stuns; a shock; a stupefying blow.
( Newfoundland ) ( billiards , snooker , pool) cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.
Williams will need a lot of stun to avoid going in the middle pocket
( science fiction , uncountable ) low-range setting for an energy weapon that will stun its target but not injure or kill it.
the condition of being stunned