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dumbstruck
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
dumbstruck
adjective
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▪ Millions of Americans were dumbstruck by the news of the bombing.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
dumbstruck

1823, from dumb + past participle of strike (v.).

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dumbstruck

a. so shocked as to be unable to speak

Usage examples of "dumbstruck".

Away from the ward she knew nothing about him, nor was she curious, and if he was to have called her Clotilde instead of Sister Collins she would have been dumbstruck.

Instead, what happened was there was an encounter with what can only be described as an elf hive, a colony of self-transforming, hyperdimensional machine creatures that came bounding forward with joyful squeaks to dribble themselves like self-transforming jeweled basketballs on the floor in front of me, and I was dumbstruck with amazement.

Dumbstruck, the party saw squads of squash, platoons of potatoes, companies of kumquats, battalions of beets, and regiments of radishes, all tramping to a martial air played by a fifty-piece rutabaga marching band.

Triv and Pri’ak were both reporting strange tastes and smells…and still, Prees was dumbstruck, could only stare at the planet below, and at the stars all around.

He stares at her, dumbstruck, as she placidly unwraps a sandwich and takes a bite.