Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb stun
3 senses of stun
Sense 1
stun, stupefy -- (make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish")
=> immobilize, immobilise -- (cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic")
Sense 2
sandbag, stun -- (hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag)
=> hit -- (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face")
Sense 3
stun, bedaze, daze -- (overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her")
=> desensitize, desensitise -- (cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized")