dumbstruck

dumb·struck

adj \ˈdəm-ˌstrək\

Definition of DUMBSTRUCK

: made silent by astonishment

Examples of DUMBSTRUCK

1. The people in the courtroom were dumbstruck by his confession.
2. <the dumbstruck ecotourists gaped in silence as the enormous whale breached near their vessel>

First Known Use of DUMBSTRUCK

1765

Related to DUMBSTRUCK

Synonyms: amazed, astonished, astounded, awestruck (also awestricken), bowled over, dumbfounded (also dumfounded), thunderstruck, flabbergasted, shocked, stunned, stupefied

Related Words: blindsided, startled, surprised (also surprized); aghast, appalled, dismayed, horrified; bewildered, confused, dazed, overwhelmed; agape, awed, awesome, openmouthed, wide-eyed, widemouthed

Near Antonyms: blasé (also blase), casual, nonchalant, unruffled

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Rhymes with DUMBSTRUCK

amok, awestruck, blackbuck, black duck, bushbuck, cold duck, dead duck, dump truck, fire truck, fish duck, fly-struck, hand truck, Kalmuck, lame-duck, moonstruck, mukluk, muktuk, potluck, reedbuck, roebuck, sawbuck, shelduck, stagestruck, starstruck, sunstruck, unstuck, upchuck, woodchuck