Showing results for struck dumb. Search instead for strunzdummen.

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

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

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

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2018

Indeed, when she showed her husband he was struck dumb.

From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2014

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

It wouldn’t have been exaggerating to say that Patria Mercedes had been struck dumb in the devil’s den.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

struck dumb

Example Sentences

Related Words