English word
Stunning
Definitions
adjective
- causing astonishment or disbelief
- strikingly impressive especially in beauty or excellence
Synonyms for stunning
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Synonyms by context
Aesthetically pleasing to view or look at
adjective
- beautiful
- lovely
- ravishing
- striking
- gorgeous
- handsome
- pretty
- attractive
Causing wonder or amazement
adjective
- astonishing
- staggering
- fabulous
- impressive
- remarkable
- brilliant
- exciting
- extraordinary
- fantastic
Startling, surprising or shocking in an unexpected way
adjective
- surprising
- astounding
- preposterous
- bizarre
- incredible
- sensational
Causing of amazement
verb
- blowing away
- stupefying
- bewildering
- blowing one's mind
- bowling over
- flabbergasting
- impressing
Present participle for to knock unconscious or into a dazed or semi-conscious state
verb
- numbing
- benumbing
- dazing
- rocking
- knocking out
- knocking senseless
- laying out
- knocking unconscious
- knocking for six
Present participle for to hold one's attention (with something fascinating)
verb
- transfixing
- fascinating
- captivating
- enthralling
- mesmerising
- mesmerizing
- enchanting
- gripping
- spellbinding
- bewitching
Antonyms for stunning
Opposite of aesthetically pleasing to view or look at
Opposite of startling, surprising or shocking in an unexpected way
- unsurprising
- expected
- foreseeable
- predictable
- inevitable
- understandable
- anticipated
- logical
- probable
- obvious
Opposite of bearing good value, worth or reliability
Opposite of causing of amazement
- boring
- calming
- boring to death
- boring to tears
- disinteresting
- exhausting
- fatiguing
- jading
- tiring
- wearing out
Opposite of present participle for to astonish or shock (someone) so that they are temporarily unable to react
- clarifying
- enlightening
- expecting
- explaining
- surrendering
- yielding
- clearing up
Phrases
- aesthetically appealing
- aesthetically pleasing
- a la mode
- a sight for sore eyes
- as plain as a pikestaff
- as pretty as a picture
- as pure as the driven snow
- as ugly as sin
- drawing attention
- dry as dust
- dull as ditchwater
- extremely attractive
- extremely beautiful
- fine and dandy
- good looking
- hard on the eyes
- ho hum
- in good taste
- looking like a million bucks
- no great shakes