dumbstruck


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dumb·struck

 (dŭm′strŭk′)
adj.
So shocked or astonished as to be rendered speechless.
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dumbstruck

(ˈdʌmˌstrʌk) or

dumbstricken

adj
temporarily deprived of speech through shock or surprise
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dumb•struck

(ˈdʌmˌstrʌk)

also dumb•strick•en

(-ˌstrɪk ən)

adj.
temporarily deprived of the power of speech, as by surprise or confusion; dumbfounded.
[1885–90]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.dumbstruck - 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"
surprised - taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression"
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Translations

dumbstruck

[ˈdʌmstrʌk] ADJ we were dumbstrucknos quedamos mudos de asombro
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dumbstruck

[ˈdʌmstrʌk] adj (= speechless) → sans voix
to be dumbstruck → rester sans voixdumb waiter dumbwaiter [ˌdʌmˈweɪtər] n (= lift) → monte-plats m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dumbstruck

[ˈdʌmˌstrʌk] adj to be dumbstruckrestare senza parole
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in classic literature ?
For now we all are cowed like mariners Who see their helmsman dumbstruck in the storm.
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More particularly talks about what to do about the sexual crisis and it is a crisis that has turned a loquacious and garrulous populace into dumbstruck stones.
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SEEING the picture of a suspect arrested for a bus bombing in Germany, being led to court without handcuffs, (Dec 22) had me dumbstruck. Dismayingly, the first thing an accused in Pakistan faces is being handcuffed, which are not removed even before the court.
I was deemed too young to go to Siegfried's funeral, but, a month later, I was still dumbstruck when my mother, choking up at her father's gravesite, asked me to pray to God for his soul.
I am dumbstruck and thinking of all those affected by this attack."
The audience was dumbstruck, but Mr Thrattles called for more drinks and card games and, according to Benson, proceedings were almost over when a rustling, hissing sound was heard at the end of the long table nearest the window.
This made me dumbstruck, that someone would happily speak to random strangers on public transport and try to help them in any way they can.
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