When someone is very surprised, they are stunned.
Stunned is an adjective that derives from the verb anonadar : to disconcert, surprise or overwhelm . This action can also refer, according to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ), to minimizing, dominating or humiliating .
For example: “When he opened the package, the boy was stunned,” “Have you heard what happened to Jorge? "I'm stunned, I still can't believe it," "I was stunned by the beauty of the landscape."
Concept of stunned
The concept of stunned, in this way, is usually associated with a state of shock or perplexity . A person is usually stunned when they observe or discover something they did not foresee or expect. Take the case of a woman who leaves work and, while passing by a bar, sees her boyfriend kissing another man. Because she was unaware that her partner was cheating on her and she was also unaware of his romantic interest in people of the same sex, the scene leaves the woman stunned.
In the same way, we can emphasize that this word is synonymous with others such as surprised, astonished, astonished, stupefied, hallucinated, stupefied...
A stunned person is perplexed or shocked.
Examples in sport
At sporting events, the public is often stunned by surprising plays . If a footballer takes the ball in the area defended by his team, begins to run towards the rival goal, eludes six opponents and scores a goal, the spectators will be stunned by the athlete's skill .
In this case, we can say that there are already many soccer players who have left the public stunned with their plays, whose images are already part of the history of the world of sports. Thus, among these footballers we can highlight both Leo Messi and Romario, Ronaldinho, Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar Jr or even Luis Suárez, among others.
Stunned by art
We can also indicate that the public is stunned by the magic tricks that a magician performs in any show. And the magic professional manages before his eyes from making a person disappear to discovering a hidden card to cutting an individual in two.
And that is without forgetting that contemporary art is also capable of leaving us stunned by its originality, what its works represent, the spectacular nature of its colors, the sizes that some works can reach...
A negative or positive notion depending on the situation
As you can see, being stunned can be a consequence of something negative (the woman who discovers that her boyfriend is cheating on her) or positive (the public marveling at the talent of a soccer player). The state usually lasts a few seconds or minutes, although the individual can continue without leaving his amazement despite the passage of time.
In recent years, the adjective stunned has been widely used to refer to how the actor Alec Baldwin felt regarding a humorous performance he gave on television. Exactly he has shaped an imitation of the then president of the United States, Donald Trump, which has had great success. Hence, it has been stated that he was stunned because he did not expect the avalanche of good reviews he has received.