stunned

/stənd/

/stənd/

When you're stunned, you're thrown for a loop: either by shocking news or a blow to the head.

You can be stunned a few different ways, but they all involve a state of confusion. If your mom won the lottery, you'd be stunned. Others might be stunned if their favorite TV show was canceled. Some people are stunned by good news that is kind of amazing, like a NASA flight to Mars. On the other hand, getting whacked in the head can leave you stunned. Getting the wind knocked out of you will do the same.

Definitions of stunned

1. adjective

   knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
   synonyms: KO'd, kayoed, knocked out, out

   unconscious

   not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
2. adjective

   in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
   “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”

   synonyms: dazed, stupefied, stupid

   confused

   mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
3. adjective

   filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
   “stood in stunned silence”

   “stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses”

   synonyms: amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded

   surprised

   taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment