dumbstruck
[duhm-struhk]
- temporarily deprived of the power of speech, as by surprise or confusion; dumbfounded.
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Also dumb·strick·en [duhm-strik-uh n] /ˈdʌmˌstrɪk ən/.
Origin of dumbstruck
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Contemporary Examples
He did, as all baseball players do after sliding into a base, but I was dumbstruck.
Its victims include several bikini-clad women on a Bradenton beach, as well as dumbstruck males.
Lehman was dumbstruck: $2 million could have saved 10,000 lives in the Lake Tanganyika region.
Visiting as a reporter in 2007 and 2008, I was dumbstruck by the innovative work of these women, and by their utter moxie.
Dumbstruck, near lovestruck, I simply listen to the sassy repartee.
Historical Examples
Shamhaven had not expected this encounter, and for the moment he was dumbstruck.
At the Fall of Port ArthurEdward 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
dumbstruck
dumbstricken (ˈdʌmˌstrɪkən)
- temporarily deprived of speech through shock or surprise
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