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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As Bijan Robinson raced down the sideline and the rest of his Falcons teammates sprinted in pursuit, a mixture of an eerie hush and a stunned buzz fell over Caesars Superdome from a crowd still not entirely settled in its seats.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 6 Oct. 2026
The record closed out the 13-song set, which ended in a staggering high note from Spiro and a standing ovation from a stunned ACL audience.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of stunned

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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

Adjective

Crafting the ‘nudge’ As an undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon University, Carleton spent two summers working in a Johns Hopkins prostate cancer lab and was surprised to see surgeons making a point to attend the department’s journal club.

— Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
Vence, France The smallest cathedral in France is already fairly unassuming, but those who don’t know to look might be surprised to find a Chagall mosaic, Moses Saved from the Waters, tucked away in a corner of the church.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

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