different between stunning vs resplendent

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?n??

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

stunning (comparative more stunning, superlative most stunning)

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!

3. (informal) Amazing; wonderfully good.

   The film was stunning.

Translations

Verb

stunning

1. present participle of stun

Etymology 2

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

Noun

stunning (plural stunnings)

1. The act by which a person or animal is physically stunned.
   • 2009, Kevin J. Anderson, The Ashes of Worlds

     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.

English

Alternative forms

• resplendant (obsolete)

Etymology

From the obsolete sense of the English verb splendish (“to shine”), from Latin splendere (“to shine”), or from resplend +? -ent, from Latin resplendere.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /???spl?n.d?nt/

Adjective

resplendent (comparative more resplendent, superlative most resplendent)

1. Shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.
2. (mathematics) Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.

Related terms

• resplend
• splendid
• splendor

Translations

See also

• resplendid (misspelling)

Latin

Verb

resplendent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of resplende?