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struck dumb

ADJECTIVE

silent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hushed mum mute restrained reticent

WEAK

bashful buttoned-up checked clammed up close closed-up closemouthed curbed dumb dummied up faint hush iced inarticulate incoherent inconversable indistinct inhibited laconic mousy muted noiseless nonvocal not talkative reserved shy silentious soundless still taciturn tongue-tied unclear uncommunicative unheard unsociable unspeaking voiceless wordless zipped

Antonyms

WEAK

clamorous communicative explicit noisy talkative tangible

Example Sentences

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Gittes – resourceful, tenacious, worldly Gittes – is essentially struck dumb.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2020

Mencken might have been struck dumb, ours is perhaps an apt moment for just such a reminder.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2018

Mr. Roxburgh, a man rarely at a loss for words, was struck dumb.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2016

But all at once there stood Before me one who somehow seemed struck dumb By the weight of a long silence.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2013

"Figures you'd be struck dumb with that one," she said acidly, then slammed the door.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos