1
: causing astonishment or disbelief
stunning news
2
: strikingly impressive especially in beauty or excellence
a stunning view
stunning workmanship
stunningly
adverb
Examples of stunning in a Sentence
Researchers have made a stunning discovery.
Our room had a stunning view of the lake.
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Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
View gallery - 6 images Hyundai just unveiled its stunning Ioniq Concept 3, a compact five-door with perhaps the most playful design language the company has experimented with in years.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
Watching the actors sign language through glee, heartache, torment and even betrayal makes for some stunning scene work.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Visually, the game is stunning.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Stunning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stunning. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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