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[ duhm-struhk ] / ˈdʌmˌstrʌk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dumbstruck ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivetemporarily deprived of the power of speech, as by surprise or confusion; dumbfounded. Also dumb·strick·en [duhm-strik-uhn]. /ˈdʌmˌstrɪk ən/. Origin of dumbstruckFirst recorded in 1885–90; dumb + struck Words nearby dumbstruckdumbledore, dumbo, dumb sheave, dumbshit, dumb show, dumbstruck, dumbwaiter, dumdum, dumela, Dumézil, Dumfries Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dumbstruckHe did, as all baseball players do after sliding into a base, but I was dumbstruck. How Peter Worthington Taught His Grandson to Love Baseball|David Frum|May 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST Its victims include several bikini-clad women on a Bradenton beach, as well as dumbstruck males. Florida’s Wedgie Prankster: I’m Sorry!|Jacqui Goddard|January 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST Lehman was dumbstruck: $2 million could have saved 10,000 lives in the Lake Tanganyika region. Meet the Visionary Behind Africa's 'Floating Clinic'|Casey Schwartz|March 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST Visiting as a reporter in 2007 and 2008, I was dumbstruck by the innovative work of these women, and by their utter moxie. The Safest Place in Somalia|Eliza Griswold|November 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Dumbstruck, near lovestruck, I simply listen to the sassy repartee. My Fabulous Life|Nicholas Haslam|November 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST Shamhaven had not expected this encounter, and for the moment he was dumbstruck. At the Fall of Port Arthur|Edward Stratemeyer We wint back together, an' I was dumbstruck; Love-o'-Women was cripplin' and crumblin' at ivry step. Soldiers Three, Part II.|Rudyard Kipling
British Dictionary definitions for dumbstruckdumbstruckdumbstricken (ˈdʌmˌstrɪkən)
adjectivetemporarily deprived of speech through shock or surprise Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dumbstruckdumbfounded, startled, stunned, stupefied, amazed, astonished, astounded, flabbergasted, jolted |