"stunning" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stunning.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more stunning [comparative], most stunning [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌnɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English stunnyng, stunnynge, stounyng, equivalent to stun + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stunnyng}} Middle English stunnyng, {{m|enm|stunnynge}} stunnynge, {{m|enm|stounyng}} stounyng, {{suf|en|stun|ing|id2=participial}} stun + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} stunning (comparative more stunning, superlative most stunning)
  1. Having an effect that stuns. Translations (having an effect that stuns): зашеметяващ (zašemetjavašt) (Bulgarian), изумителен (izumitelen) (Bulgarian), ohromující (Czech), omračující (Czech), ochromující (Czech), tyrmäävä (Finnish), betäubend (German), מהמם (mehamém) (Hebrew), impressionante (Italian), straordinario (Italian), 깜짝 놀랄 (kkamjjak nollal) (Korean), 경탄할 만한 (gyeongtanhal manhan) (Korean), impressionante (Portuguese), оглушающий (oglušajuščij) (Russian), поразительный (porazitelʹnyj) (Russian), impresionante (Spanish), extraordinario (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stunning-en-adj-pAbjjfkv Disambiguation of 'having an effect that stuns': 98 0 2
  2. (informal) Exceptionally beautiful or attractive. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Appearance Translations (exceptionally beautiful or attractive): 驚豔 (Chinese Mandarin), 惊艳 (jīngyàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 豔美絕俗 (Chinese Mandarin), 艳美绝俗 (yànměijuésú) (Chinese Mandarin), okouzlující (Czech), nádherný (Czech), tyrmäävä (Finnish), upea (Finnish), ihastuttava (Finnish), ravissant (French), magnifique (French), atemberaubend (German), umwerfend (German), hinreißend (German), betörend (German), מהמם (mehamém) (Hebrew), splendido [masculine] (Italian), splendida [feminine] (Italian), stupendo [masculine] (Italian), stupenda [feminine] (Italian), 異常に美しい (ijō ni utsukushii) (alt: いじょうにうつくしい) (Japanese), zachwycający (Polish), ошеломляющий (ošelomljajuščij) (Russian), сногсшибающий (snogsšibajuščij) (Russian), वपुष (vapuṣa) (Sanskrit), despampanante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stunning-en-adj-Q2LfsYRs Disambiguation of Appearance: 2 74 0 0 24 Disambiguation of 'exceptionally beautiful or attractive': 0 99 1
  3. (informal) Amazing; wonderfully good. Tags: informal Translations (amazing; wonderfully good): великолепен (velikolepen) (Bulgarian), atemberaubend (German), herrlich (German), überwältigend (German), beeindruckend (German), toll (German), fantastisch (German), verblüffend (German), fantastico (Italian), spettacolare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-stunning-en-adj-MixiIp3b Disambiguation of 'amazing; wonderfully good': 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: stunning and brave, stunningly, stunningness
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stunning.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stunnings [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌnɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English stunnyng, stonyng (also stoniynge, stonyynge), equivalent to stun + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stunnyng}} Middle English stunnyng, {{m|enm|stonyng}} stonyng, {{m|enm|stoniynge}} stoniynge, {{m|enm|stonyynge}} stonyynge, {{af|en|stun|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} stun + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} stunning (plural stunnings)
  1. The act by which a person or animal is physically stunned.
    Sense id: en-stunning-en-noun-Ni209bI7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stunning.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ʌnɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English stunnyng, stunnynge, stounyng, equivalent to stun + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stunnyng}} Middle English stunnyng, {{m|enm|stunnynge}} stunnynge, {{m|enm|stounyng}} stounyng, {{suf|en|stun|ing|id2=participial}} stun + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} stunning
  1. present participle and gerund of stun Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: stun
    Sense id: en-stunning-en-verb-AkWsVn9P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), English terms suffixed with -ing (participial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 22 4 5 67 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 17 6 7 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 6 12 8 7 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 8 16 11 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "alt": "いじょうにうつくしい",
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          "sense": "exceptionally beautiful or attractive",
          "word": "異常に美しい"
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          "sense": "exceptionally beautiful or attractive",
          "word": "zachwycający"
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          "word": "verblüffend"
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          "lang": "Italian",
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      "word": "깜짝 놀랄"
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      "word": "경탄할 만한"
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      "word": "驚豔"
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      "code": "it",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌnɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌnɪŋ/2 syllables",
    "en:Appearance"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "stunnyng"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English stunnyng",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "stonyng"
      },
      "expansion": "stonyng",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "stoniynge"
      },
      "expansion": "stoniynge",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "stonyynge"
      },
      "expansion": "stonyynge",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "stun",
        "3": "-ing",
        "id2": "gerund noun"
      },
      "expansion": "stun + -ing",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English stunnyng, stonyng (also stoniynge, stonyynge), equivalent to stun + -ing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stunnings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "stunning (plural stunnings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "stun‧ning"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Kevin J. Anderson, The Ashes of Worlds",
          "text": "He wished he had tens of thousands more troops under Andez's control so he could round up every one of these demonstrators. But it was futile to continue cracking down. The stunnings, beatings and arrests had only inflamed them further.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act by which a person or animal is physically stunned."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌnɪŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stunning.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-stunning.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-stunning.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-stunning.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-stunning.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stunning"
}

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