Expect and Stun

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Expect

Expect verb - To believe in the future occurrence of (something).
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Synonyms for Expect
Stun is an antonym for expect.
Nearby Words: expectation, expectant, expecting, expectancy, expectance

Stun

Stun verb - To make senseless or dizzy by a blow.
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Synonyms for Stun
Expect is an antonym for stun in shock topic.
Similar words of expect

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Common collocations

person expect person stun person
character expect character stun character
guy expect guy stun guy
people expect people stun people
Other words: someone, moment, anyone, amounts.

Both words in one sentence

  • Glowing Eyes of Doom Generally you can expect red-eyed enemies to move faster, hit harder, have more health and be more resistant to stun-lock than their generic counterparts.
    Source: Glowing Eyes of Doom
  • More Dakka As such, guns only do Scratch Damage and exist mainly to stun your enemy and open them up for a devastating riposte... unless you're toting the Gatling Gun around, which is everything you'd expect from a literal Gatling gun.
    Source: More Dakka
  • Everything's Better with Rainbows This causes massive confusion amongst newbies, who expect the flashy fireballs to be more powerful than shooting rainbows, when the reverse is invariably true - the strongest first level spell is generally agreed to be Color Spray (which shoots a rainbow of colors out to blind and stun enemies).
    Source: Everything's Better with Rainbows
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Antonyms for expect


Antonyms for stun

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