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Stun

🔄 Synonyms of "Stun"

10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
dazenoun	(transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.
shocknoun	A sudden, heavy impact.
floornoun	(countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
stupefyverb	(transitive, by extension, figurative) To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action.
take abackverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To surprise or shock; to discomfit.
stupifyverb	Alternative form of stupefy. [(transitive, especially law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.]
bedazeverb	(transitive) To cause to become dazed.
sandbagnoun	A sturdy sack filled with sand, generally used in large numbers to make defensive walls against flooding, bullets, or shrapnel.
blow out of the waterverb	(idiomatic) To trounce; to defeat thoroughly, as at a game or in battle.
ball oververb	surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Stun"

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Word	Definition
stupefyverb	(transitive, by extension, figurative) To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action.
stupifyverb	Alternative form of stupefy. [(transitive, especially law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.]
bedazeverb	(transitive) To cause to become dazed.
shocknoun	A sudden, heavy impact.
take abackverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To surprise or shock; to discomfit.
dazenoun	(transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.
sandbagnoun	A sturdy sack filled with sand, generally used in large numbers to make defensive walls against flooding, bullets, or shrapnel.
floornoun	(countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
ball oververb	surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
blow out of the waterverb	(idiomatic) To trounce; to defeat thoroughly, as at a game or in battle.
dumbfoundverb	(transitive) To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.
flabbergastverb	(transitive) To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner.
astoundverb	To astonish, bewilder or dazzle.
cripplingnoun	Causing a severe and insurmountable problem; detrimental.
confoundverb	To perplex or puzzle.
amazeverb	(transitive) To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise.
staggerverb	An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
offensivenoun	Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.
joltnoun	(transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
aggressivenoun	Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing.