DUMBSTRUCK - 5 definitions found
dumbstruck adj 1: as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion" [syn: dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, dumbstricken] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) dumbstruck adjective Date: 1765 made silent by astonishment Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary dumbstruck adj. greatly shocked or surprised and so lost for words. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 63 Moby Thesaurus words for "dumbstruck": agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, anaudic, aphasic, aphonic, astonished, astounded, at gaze, awed, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, captivated, confounded, dumb, dumbfounded, dumbstricken, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, enthralled, entranced, fascinated, flabbergasted, gaping, gauping, gazing, hypnotized, in awe, in awe of, inarticulate, lost in wonder, marveling, mesmerized, mum, mute, open-eyed, openmouthed, overwhelmed, popeyed, puzzled, rapt in wonder, speechless, spellbound, staggered, staring, stricken dumb, stupefied, surprised, thunderstruck, tongue-tied, tongueless, under a charm, voiceless, wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wondering, wordless |
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