commanding attention; an arresting drawing of people turning into animals; a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten; a stunning performance

[ Syn: arresting , sensational ]

causing great astonishment and consternation; the strike came as a stunning protest against management; a stunning defeat'

causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility; laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow; a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke'

strikingly beautiful or attractive; quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure; stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas'