STUN Copy link • STUNPROP., exsurdare (the proper word; e.g., aures): obtundere (e.g., the ears, by loud talking, or anybody by asking, aliquem rogitando): torporem afferre alicui rei: torpore hebetare aliquid (to deafen, deaden): sopire (to deprive of consciousness; e.g., of lightning). Figuratively, alicujus mentem animumque perturbare: in perturbationem conjicere: consternare: percutere (☞ not percellere). Stunned, stupefactus ac perterritus: afflictus (deprived of all courage and energy): attonitus (as if struck by a thunder-bolt). (The words are found in this connection and order.) confusus et attonitus: spe dejectus (having one’s hopes utterly destroyed): fulminatus (as if struck by lightning, Petronius, 80, 7): exanimatus (entirely beyond one’s self, annihilated). To be stunned, stupere; alicujus animum stupor tenet.