dumbfound
Leave completely speechless
Dumbfound means to astonish so thoroughly that someone is left speechless.
The word combines dumb (unable to speak) with a sense of being struck or confounded: The verdict dumbfounded everyone in the courtroom.
Also spelled dumfound.
The adjective dumbfounded is more common than the verb.
Shock with wonder
- amazeOverwhelm with wonder
- staggerWalk unsteadily, sway
- stupefyOverwhelm with astonishment
- flabbergastShock into speechlessness
stun · overwhelm · awe · dazzle · nonplus · floor · bowl over · knock sideways
Rendered speechless by shock
- wordlessLacking spoken content
- gobsmackedExtremely astonished
- tongue-tiedUnable to express oneself
- muteWithout voice or sound
silenced · gaping · slack-jawed · open-mouthed · lost for words · struck dumb · at a loss · agape
astound
Shock with wonder
flabbergast · stun · overwhelm · awe · dazzle · nonplus · floor · bowl over · knock sideways · take aback
dumbstruck
Rendered speechless by shock
- wordlessLacking spoken content
- gobsmackedExtremely astonished
- tongue-tiedUnable to express oneself
mute · silenced · gaping · slack-jawed · open-mouthed · lost for words · struck dumb · at a loss · agape · wide-eyed
perplex
Cause utter confusion
flummox · befuddle · confuse · disconcert · stump · discombobulate · bemuse · faze · addle · throw
thunderstruck
Extremely shocked or amazed
jolted · shaken · dismayed · startled · alarmed · rocked · blindsided · floored
- stunstun, daze, shock, stupefy, stagger
- surprise attacksambush, sneak attack, blindside, catch off guard, sneak up