Definitions
Etymologies
- From dumb + struck. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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
“And what teacher's notes in what context could have led one examinee to coin a word dumbstruck, which another candidate heard as "bumstruck"?”
“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.”
“I will admit to being completely dumbstruck, which is a feat for me.”
“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!").”
“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...
“While Ms McKenzie said she was very angry at what had happened to her mother, Mr Jorgensen said he was, for the moment, "dumbstruck".”
“But the coroner, Lady Justice Hallett, said she had been "dumbstruck" by his modesty and his "simply amazing" actions.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dumbstruck’.
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Five Consecutive Consonants
A list of words containing five consecutive consonants
I do not include words containing "y" as part of the 5-letter string, since that letter invariably functions as a vowel, as in rhythm. <...heartstricken, heartstruck, wellspring, offspring, yachtsman, worthwhile, backstretch, backstroke, downstream, downstroke, breaststroke, birthstone and 188 more...
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Confusually
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baffle, farrago, confound, befuddle, daze, disorient, discombobulate, stupefy, perplex, mystify, bewilder, boggle and 134 more...
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Confused/Surprised Words
Words that describe being in this state are quite simply wonderful.
astonished, flabbergasted, bamboozled, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, perplexed, addlepated, bewildered, dumbfounded, perturbed, befuddled, confounded
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Just 'cause I like 'em, D
dodecahedron, din, diglyceride, dysphotopsia, decoction, deboss, diatonic, dithyramb, divagate, discalced, dishdasha, daft and 281 more...
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reactions
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
nasality, transignification, lapsarian, disciple, slanguage, atwitter, avast, ahoy, asleep, awake, hymnody, glissade and 573 more...
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Oofy
States of being
seeress, honey bucket, donkeyman, poopyhead, halfwit, vixenish, galoot, hoity toity, shitkicker, miserabilist, wanker, clueless and 261 more...
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Wordstruck
awestruck, horrorstruck, heartstruck, light-struck, lovestruck, moonstruck, pain-struck, panic-struck, stage-struck, star-struck, sun-struck, terror-struck and 3 more...
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New words from Reading
woe, kingmaker, tizzy, lark, verity, marzipan, swoon, chutzpah, quiescence, curlicue, bedevil, quixotic and 69 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for dumbstruck.
reesetee The behemoth, of course. :-) Oh, wait--how big was it? Maybe it was the dreadnought. Jun 27, 2007
jennarenn So reestee, what was the name of that SUV? Jun 27, 2007
reesetee Wow. I'm ouchstruck. Jun 26, 2007
slumry oh, gee, group hugstruck. . .and try not to be run over by any SUVs. Jun 26, 2007
uselessness 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. Jun 26, 2007
slumry 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. Jun 26, 2007
uselessness Or painstruck, as the case may be. ;-) Jun 26, 2007
slumry Now you are back to deadstruck. Jun 26, 2007
uselessness When some idiot runs over you in his big SUV. Jun 26, 2007