ошеломи́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• daze verb To leave someone feeling stunned, confused, or unable to think clearly, often from a shock, blow, or bright light.
• stun verb To knock someone senseless or make them lose awareness, often with a blow or shock.
• stupefy verb To make someone's mind dull and slow to react, as if in a daze.

Senses

ошеломи́ть is used for these senses in English:

• daze (transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.
• hit someone for six (informal, idiomatic) To affect in a devastating way by some unexpected news.
• knock back (transitive) To stun; to surprise.
• stun (transitive) To shock or surprise.
• stupefy (transitive, especially, law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.
• take aback (idiomatic, transitive) To surprise or shock; to discomfit.

daze — full definition

1. verb To leave someone feeling stunned, confused, or unable to think clearly, often from a shock, blow, or bright light.
2. noun A state of confusion or shock in which you can't think clearly.

stun — full definition

1. verb To knock someone senseless or make them lose awareness, often with a blow or shock.
2. verb To shock or amaze someone.

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