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Dumbstruck

adjective

As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise. Synonyms: dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck. "The flabbergasted aldermen were speechless" , "Was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion"

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"Dumbstruck" Quotes from Famous Books

... Pao-y was quite dumbstruck by what he heard, and hastily smiling, he said by way of reply: "My Fairy labours under a misapprehension. Simply because of my reluctance to read my books my parents have, on repeated occasions, extended ...

— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin

Words linked to "Dumbstruck" : surprised