Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective So shocked or astonished as to be rendered speechless.
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- adjective so
shocked as to beunable tospeak
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
Etymologies
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Examples
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Midpoint between dismissive and dumbstruck is the objective mindset to appreciate how pragmatic idealism shaped Federico's leadership and patronage.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Furthermore, the author says that the word dumbstruck in the expression "I was dumbstruck by the news" is a compound noun.
unknown title 2009
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And what teacher's notes in what context could have led one examinee to coin a word dumbstruck, which another candidate heard as "bumstruck"?
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Despite a friend giving me the three word spoiler for “The Half Blood Prince,” which he didn’t realize was important until I stared at him in dumbstruck horror and said THANKS MAN – WAITED 6 MONTHS TO GET THIS BOOK FOR MY BIRTHDAY AND YOU SPOILED IT IN THREE WORDS … but he didn’t.
Harry Potter, some updates....Vintage Soul... deep_bluze 2005
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I will admit to being completely dumbstruck, which is a feat for me.
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You did a great job, Veronica and really brought a wonderful example and advice (and I know what you mean about Kim Gandy - I just was kind of dumbstruck shaking her hand - and could only mutter, "Thank you!").
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Renaming Creationism as "Intelligent Design Theory" gives it a respectability it doesn't deserve, since it does not meet any of the criteria of a scientific theory - there is no POSITIVE evidence of a creator or designer (all they have is a kind of dumbstruck awe: "isn't the world complex?" and a lack of imagination "We can't imagine how this came to be", followed by an illogical step "it must be a designer").
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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While Ms McKenzie said she was very angry at what had happened to her mother, Mr Jorgensen said he was, for the moment, "dumbstruck".
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By MAIKE van der HEIDE 2010
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But the coroner, Lady Justice Hallett, said she had been "dumbstruck" by his modesty and his "simply amazing" actions.
The Guardian World News Alexandra Topping 2010
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Catherine Gibson said she was "dumbstruck" after police revealed that forensic tests showed they had discovered her 25-year-old daughter's body at an address in the Capital, it was reported.
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uselessness commented on the word dumbstruck
When some idiot runs over you in his big SUV.
June 27, 2007
slumry commented on the word dumbstruck
Now you are back to deadstruck.
June 27, 2007
uselessness commented on the word dumbstruck
Or painstruck, as the case may be. ;-)
June 27, 2007
slumry commented on the word dumbstruck
Very lucky if you are only painstruck--I once knew a woman who survived being run over by a garbage truck, but it was a long road back.
June 27, 2007
uselessness commented on the word dumbstruck
Ook. In the interest of sunshine and happiness, I vote that we go with the much friendlier miraclestruck and the hopes of a complete recovery. Or maybe hugstruck.
June 27, 2007
slumry commented on the word dumbstruck
oh, gee, group hugstruck. . .and try not to be run over by any SUVs.
June 27, 2007
reesetee commented on the word dumbstruck
Wow. I'm ouchstruck.
June 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word dumbstruck
So reestee, what was the name of that SUV?
June 27, 2007
reesetee commented on the word dumbstruck
The behemoth, of course. :-) Oh, wait--how big was it? Maybe it was the dreadnought.
June 27, 2007