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5 : to challenge to perform an action

stumpy adjective : short and thick

Synonyms

chunky, dumpy, heavyset, squat, stocky, stout, stubby, thickset—more at STOCKY

stun verb stunned; stun·ning 1 : to make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

2 : to overcome esp. with paralyzing astonishment or disbelief : STUPEFY

Synonyms

amaze, astonish, astound, bowl, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor, shock, startle, stupefy, surprise—more at SURPRISE

stung past and past participle of STING

stunk past and past participle of STINK

stunned adjective : affected by stunning; also : caused by or as if by stunning

Synonyms

amazed, awestruck, thunderstruck—more at THUNDERSTRUCK

confused, dizzy—more at DIZZY

stun·ning adjective 1 : causing astonishment or disbelief

2 : strikingly beautiful

— stun·ning·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] amazing, astonishing, astounding, eye-opening, shocking, startling, surprising—more at SURPRISING

[1] awesome, fabulous, marvelous, miraculous, portentous, prodigious, stupendous, sublime, surprising, wonderful—more at MARVELOUS

[2] attractive, beautiful, fair, gorgeous, handsome, knockout, lovely, pretty, ravishing—more at BEAUTIFUL

1stunt verb : to hinder the normal growth or progress of

2stunt noun : an unusual or spectacular feat

Synonyms

deed, exploit, feat, trick—more at FEAT

stu·pe·fy verb -fied; -fy·ing 1 : to make stupid, groggy, or insensible

2 : to strike with sudden and usu. great wonder or surprise : ASTONISH

— stu·pe·fac·tion noun

Synonyms

amaze, astonish, astound, bowl, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor, shock, startle, stun, surprise—more at SURPRISE

stu·pen·dous adjective : causing astonishment esp. because of great size or height

Synonyms

amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, awful, eye-opening, fabulous, marvelous, miraculous, portentous, prodigious, stunning, sublime, surprising, wonderful—more at MARVELOUS

stu·pen·dous·ly adverb : to a stupendous degree

Synonyms

broadly, considerably, greatly, hugely, largely, massively, monstrously, much, sizably, tremendously, utterly, vastly—more at GREATLY

stu·pid adjective [ORIGIN: MF stupide, fr. L stupidus, fr. stupēre to be numb, be astonished]

1 : very dull in mind

2 : showing or resulting from dullness of mind

3 : lacking interest or intellectual stimulation

— stu·pid·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] dense, dull, dumb, fatuous, mindless, obtuse, senseless, simple, slow, thick, unintelligent, vacuous, witless; also feebleminded, retarded; foolish, idiotic, imbecile, imbecilic, moronic; ignorant, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninformed, untaught, unthinking; absurd, asinine, balmy, cockeyed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, harebrained, insane, kooky, loony, lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, silly, unwise, wacky, zany; fallacious, illogical, invalid, irrational, unreasonable

Antonyms

brainy, brilliant, clever, intelligent, quick-witted, sharp, smart

[2] absurd, crazy, foolish, insane, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, senseless, silly, unwise, wacky—more at FOOLISH

[3] drab, dreary, monotonous, ponderous, uninteresting, weary

stu·pid·i·ty noun 1 : the quality or state of being stupid

2 : a stupid idea or act

Synonyms

[1] denseness, dopiness, fatuity, foolishness, imbecility, mindlessness, obtuseness, vacuity; also absurdity, asininity, balminess, craziness, daftness, folly, idiocy, inanity, insanity, lunacy, madness, silliness, simplicity, zaniness; fallacy, irrationality, unreasonableness

Antonyms

brightness, brilliance, cleverness, intelligence, keenness, quickness, sharpness, smartness

[2] absurdity, asininity, fatuity, folly, foolery, idiocy, imbecility, inanity, insanity, lunacy—more at FOLLY

stu·por noun 1 : a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or feeling

2 : a state of extreme apathy or torpor often following stress or shock

— stu·por·ous adjective

Synonyms

apathy, impassivity, numbness, phlegm—more at APATHY

stur·di·ly adverb : in a sturdy manner

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