stun
Leave temporarily incapacitated
To stun is to daze or render senseless, typically by a blow to the head or an electrical shock: The boxer was stunned by the punch.
Stun guns and stun grenades incapacitate without killing.
More commonly, stun means to shock or astonish: The news stunned everyone.
Something stunning can be either shocking or strikingly beautiful: a stunning revelation, a stunning dress.
Reverent fear and wonder
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- marvelAstonishing thing or feeling
- dumbfoundShock into silence
- flabbergastShock into speechlessness
breathtaking · speechless · jaw-dropping · incredulity · disbelief · overwhelm · captivate · mesmerize
Cause loss of movement
- immobilizeStop all motion
- disableRemove functional capacity
- freezeBecome solid from cold
- haltComplete sudden stop
petrify · tranquilize · sedate · taser · electroshock · knockout · unconscious · flashbang
Abrupt forceful shake
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- blowMove air forcefully
- bombshellShocking sudden revelation
- thunderboltElectric sky discharge with boom
wallop · whammy · sucker punch · blindside · bolt from blue · rude awakening · earth-shattering · devastating
Suspended sensibility
- grogginessState of sluggish disorientation
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- numbnessLoss of sensation
haze · bewilderment · confusion · trance · blur · dizziness · wooziness · punch-drunk
awe
Reverent fear and wonder
flabbergast · breathtaking · speechless · jaw-dropping · incredulity · disbelief · overwhelm · captivate · mesmerize · dazzle
paralyze
Cause loss of movement
- immobilizeStop all motion
- disableRemove functional capacity
- freezeBecome solid from cold
halt · petrify · tranquilize · sedate · taser · electroshock · knockout · unconscious · flashbang · incapacitate
jolt
Abrupt forceful shake
thunderbolt · wallop · whammy · sucker punch · blindside · bolt from blue · rude awakening · earth-shattering · devastating · recoil
stupor
Suspended sensibility
- grogginessState of sluggish disorientation
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
numbness · haze · bewilderment · confusion · trance · blur · dizziness · wooziness · punch-drunk · glassy-eyed
- stunned silenceWordlessness from shock
- stun gunDevice that incapacitates electrically
- stun grenadeNon-lethal disorientation munition
- absolute stunner
- absolutely stunning
- stunningly beautiful
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