Synonyms for stunning
ˈstʌn ɪŋstun·ning

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1. arresting, sensational, stunningadjective

   commanding attention

   "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance"

   Synonyms:
   sensational, sensory, arresting

   Antonyms:
   orienting, unimpressive, orientating, unsurprising, ugly

2. stunningadjective

   causing great astonishment and consternation

   "the strike came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning defeat"

   Synonyms:
   sensational, arresting

   Antonyms:
   ugly, orienting, orientating, unimpressive, unsurprising

3. stunningadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   sensational, arresting

   Antonyms:
   unsurprising, orientating, unimpressive, ugly, orienting

4. stunningadjective

   strikingly beautiful or attractive

   "quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure"; "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas"

   Synonyms:
   sensational, arresting

   Antonyms:
   unimpressive, ugly, unsurprising, orienting, orientating

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1. beautiful

   Submitted by anonymous on July 17, 2022  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. stunningadjective

   Synonyms:
   deafening, stentorian, very loud

2. stunningadjective

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] striking, astonishing, wonderful

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1. stunningadjective

   Synonyms:
   overpowering, stupefying, astonishing, striking, fine

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1. List of paraphrases for "stunning":

   amazing, astonishing, staggering, astounding, surprising, impressive, sensational, impactful, breathtaking, striking, dazzling, spectacular, startling, beautiful

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1. stunning

   Synonyms:
   See Stunned myocardium
   

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1. Population Modeler Dr Deborah Pardo:

   These icebergs were 40 -60 meters high, 200 meters deep, thousands of years old, so peaceful, but so strong at the same time. It was very cold but most of us were standing outside just staring and hallucinating that it was so stunning.

2. Anne Barrett Doyle:

   This is an absolutely stunning revelation ... The fact that the Church itself is finding it is credible and substantiated suggests that it indeed is because the Church does not say that lightly.

3. Hunter Biden:

   President Donald Trump will do anything to get re-elected, including violating the most basic forms of democracy. It's stunning, and it's dangerous.

4. Paul Shapiro:

   It's stunning that the governor of Iowa is so unfamiliar with pig farming that he doesn't know the difference between gestation crates and farrowing crates, this bill applied only to gestation crates, meaning there are no piglets to be kept separate from their mothers, since they're all in utero.

5. Michael Pfau:

   The Catholic bankruptcies are limited in geographic scope. Here there will be claimants from all 50 states and the American territories, we can talk about files and numbers, but in reality if you step back and realize the scope of the human carnage, it's stunning.