From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstunnedstunned /stʌnd/ ●○○ adjective too surprised or shocked to speak He looked completely stunned. The audience sat in stunned silence.► see thesaurus at shocked, surprised
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stunned• He is being honest and honesty is such a rare quality in a performer that the audience are stunned.• He looked stunned, almost in a trance, but he soon regained his composure.• She looked stunned, almost like a sleepwalker.• The crowd was stunned, and Bachelor's Button returned to unsaddle in almost complete silence.• Mitch looked stunned and she felt an incredible burst of guilt that she had not told him about this girl's problem.• Canada was completely stunned by the shooting, for it thinks of itself as a peaceful, gentle nation.• His brother seemed stunned by the verdict.• She looked pale and stunned -- it was clear that something awful had happened.• In stunned silence, her eyes huge, disbelieving, she stared at him.• There was to be no stunned silence, no aghast staring and, it seemed, no dramatic response from Greg.• After a stunned silence, Peggy added, 'And I'm not going to change my mind.'• The visitor would understandably back off quickly and there would either be pandemonium or an utter, stunned silence.• The news of his brother's death left him too stunned to speak.stunned silence• All he got from the other end was a stunned silence.• The gendarmes returned to their posts as the crowd stood frozen in stunned silence.• The visitor would understandably back off quickly and there would either be pandemonium or an utter, stunned silence.• They were immediately followed by a stunned silence.• A stunned silence fell over the racecourse as he lay motionless in the grass while Heraldic galloped on.• In stunned silence, her eyes huge, disbelieving, she stared at him. 