Past tense of stun
regular verb
The past tense of stun is stunned. The past participle is also stunned.
Forms of stun
| Base form (V1) | stun /stʌn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | stunned /stʌnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | stunned /stʌnd/ |
| Present participle | stunning |
| Third person singular | stuns |
Stunned in a sentence
- In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.
- The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegations on the front page of a newspaper.
- She was stunned by the unexpected news.From the entry stunned
- The blow to the head left him stunned.From the entry stunned
- When the lottery results were announced, he was stunned to learn that the big enchilada was all his.From the entry big enchilada
Meaning of stun
- verb To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
- verb To shock or surprise.
- verb To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball.
Questions about the past tense of stun
- What is the past tense of stun?
- The past tense of stun is stunned.
- What is the past participle of stun?
- The past participle of stun is stunned.
- Is stun a regular or irregular verb?
- Stun is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stun (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Past tense of stun.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/past-tense/stun. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.