DUMBSTRUCK Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

dumbstruck

adjective

ˈdəm-ˌstrək

Definition of dumbstruck

as in stunned

affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise the dumbstruck ecotourists gaped in silence as the enormous whale breached near their vessel

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Recent Examples of dumbstruck The dumbstruck crowd watched as aged captain Patrice Bergeron trudged to the room in the funeral din of the Garden. — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023 Sink is still dumbstruck by the fact Swift, one of the celebrity Stranger Things fans, saw her younger self in season 3 and kept her in mind for a starring role opposite Dylan O'Brien (The Maze Runner, Teen Wolf). — Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 July 2022 Officials at the agency were dumbstruck, according to some of those who spoke with The Post. — Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2022 And the stadium, after all that noise, after all those songs, after all those dreams, stood silent, dumbstruck, and stared straight back. — New York Times, 11 July 2021 See All Example Sentences for dumbstruck

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Vehicles were buried, and some stunned survivors were caked in mud.

— Shristi Kafle, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Debris hung from tree branches and wires, vehicles were buried and some stunned survivors were caked in mud.

— Niranjan Shrestha, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of stunned

Adjective

The man who was shocked was taken to Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan with life-threatening injuries.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
But something fascinating was happening behind the scenes, coinciding with the disaster that had sent Olin overseas and left her bandmates, Augustin and Nathan Slone — located in New York City — shocked.

— Julius Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of shocked

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Further stories illuminate emotional realities burrowed deep within enormously likeable characters, often moving the reader (or this reader anyway) to astonished tears.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
One that draws more approving thumbs-ups, creates more astonished grins, or pulls more phones from pockets for impromptu photographs and video—especially in stunning Verde Ermes metallic paint.

— Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026

Definition of astonished

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