stunning

Etymology 1

From Middle English stunnyng, stunnynge, stounyng, equivalent to stun + -ing.

adj

1. Having an effect that stuns.
   The stunning jolt from the taser gun made the criminal stop fleeing.
2. (informal) Exceptionally beautiful or attractive.
   That woman is stunning!
   The line along the Northumbrian coast to Berwick and into Scotland is stunning (even on a Voyager!), and the weather is perfect - just sit back, relax, and enjoy the motion picture that plays beyond the window. November 30 2022, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75
3. (informal) Amazing; wonderfully good.
   The film was stunning.
   So it was against the run of play that their London rivals took the lead two minutes before the interval through Drogba. He rolled William Gallas inside the area before flashing a stunning finish high past keeper Carlo Cudicini. April 15, 2012, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC

verb

1. present participle and gerund of stun

Etymology 2

From Middle English stunnyng, stonyng (also stoniynge, stonyynge), equivalent to stun + -ing.

noun

1. The act by which a person or animal is physically stunned.
   He wished he had tens of thousands more troops under Andez's control so he could round up every one of these demonstrators. But it was futile to continue cracking down. The stunnings, beatings and arrests had only inflamed them further. 2009, Kevin J. Anderson, The Ashes of Worlds