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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

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struck dumb

Chastain and Nyong’o rumble with Diane Kruger, peer pressure Penélope Cruz and are struck dumb by Fan Bingbing, who saunters in halfway through to shake things up.

From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2022

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

Alden O'Brien, Washington, DC, US Gobsmacked, adj. flabbergasted: struck dumb with awe or amazement.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2012

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

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

struck dumb

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