Stunning vs Facer - What's the difference?
stunning | facer |
Having an effect that stuns.
Exceptionally beautiful or attractive.
Amazing (very good).
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=April 15
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea
, work=BBC
An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat
* 2005' : "You're such a snob," she said, with a provoking laugh; coming from the family he was thought to be snobbish about, this was a bit of a '''facer . - , (Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback, 6)
(obsolete) One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.
(obsolete) A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy.
* Charles Kingsley
As a adjective stunning
is having an effect that stuns.As a verb stunning
is (stun).As a noun facer is
an unexpected and stunning blow or defeat.stunning
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The stunning jolt from the taser gun made the criminal stop fleeing.
- That woman is stunning !
- The film was stunning .
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Verb
(head)facer
English
Noun
(en noun)- I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer .