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dumbstruck definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

adjective Date: 1765 made silent by astonishment

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. greatly shocked or surprised and so lost for words.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you are dumbstruck, you are so shocked or surprised that you cannot speak. = speechless ADJ: usu v-link ADJ [emphasis]

Moby Thesaurus

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