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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

More than one of this year’s fellows described being struck dumb, melting into their chairs, or wondering if it was a hoax.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2019

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

Sansa took the flower timidly, struck dumb by his gallantry.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

struck dumb

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