floored
Americanadjective
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covered or furnished with a floor.
The house even has a floored attic with two usable rooms.
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brought down to the floor or ground; knocked down.
The boxer dealt a finishing blow to his floored opponent.
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(of an accelerator pedal) pushed down all the way to the floor of a vehicle, for maximum speed or power.
In these low-end sports cars there’s still significant lag in response to a floored gas pedal.
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nonplussed or puzzled.
The goalie was shy and not interested in the spotlight—he seemed floored when I asked him to sign my son's jersey.
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(of an argument) shown to be untenable; overthrown.
You claim to have saved money by not buying a new car, but given how much you’ve spent on repairs, this seems a floored argument.
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Stock Exchange, Banking. being, having, or involving a floating interest rate for which a minimum level has been set.
If your mortgage has a floored rate, your interest rate will not drop below that rate even if the base rate falls.
verb
Etymology
Origin of floored
First recorded in 1550–60; 1995–2000 floored for def. 6; floor ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; floor ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense
Example Sentences
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If anything, the recording sessions initially found the singer-songwriter at an all-time low, floored by nerves.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
On June 11, he wrote: “Every time I read about the battering ram incident I’m just floored at how wild that is.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
It sprinted off a double bottom near the $50 mark in April 2025, the level where it had floored out in March 2020, near the Covid-era lows.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
He was floored by how much he could do in a short amount of time with AI coding tools.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
He floored his Land Rover until it hovered behind Carrie’s Land Rover.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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