gobsmacker
Leaves you speechless
A gobsmacker is something that leaves you astonished—a shocking revelation, an unexpected twist, a piece of news that metaphorically smacks you in the gob (British slang for mouth).
The word is informal and chiefly British: The ending of that film was a real gobsmacker.
Related to the adjective gobsmacked.
Rendered speechless by shock
- wordlessLacking spoken content
- speechlessUnable to talk
- tongue-tiedUnable to express oneself
- muteWithout voice or sound
silenced · lost for words · struck dumb · agape · slack-jawed · open-mouthed · gaping · breathless
Overwhelmed with amazement
- stupefiedOverwhelmed into mental blankness
- dumbfoundedRendered speechless by surprise
- thunderstruckExtremely shocked or amazed
- astoundedOverwhelmed by surprise
jaw-dropping · stunned · awestruck · staggered · bowled over · floored · blown away · shell-shocked
Abruptly shaken or startled
- startledAbruptly surprised or alarmed
- rattledDisturbed and unsettled
- shakenDisturbed or agitated
- jarredShaken or disturbed
staggered · rocked · unsettled · disturbed · unnerved · disquieted · agitated · traumatized
Utterly unable to understand
- confoundedThoroughly puzzled or frustrated
- perplexedThoroughly confused, uncertain
- mystifiedUtterly unable to understand
- nonplussedPerplexed into silence
flummoxed · discombobulated · befuddled · puzzled · disoriented · dazed · foggy · muddled
dumbstruck
Rendered speechless by shock
- wordlessLacking spoken content
- speechlessUnable to talk
- tongue-tiedUnable to express oneself
mute · silenced · lost for words · struck dumb · agape · slack-jawed · open-mouthed · gaping · breathless · gasping
flabbergasted
Overwhelmed with amazement
- stupefiedOverwhelmed into mental blankness
- dumbfoundedRendered speechless by surprise
- thunderstruckExtremely shocked or amazed
astounded · jaw-dropping · stunned · awestruck · staggered · bowled over · floored · blown away · shell-shocked · taken aback
jolted
Abruptly shaken or startled
jarred · staggered · rocked · unsettled · disturbed · unnerved · disquieted · agitated · traumatized · numbed
baffled
Utterly unable to understand
- confoundedThoroughly puzzled or frustrated
- perplexedThoroughly confused, uncertain
- mystifiedUtterly unable to understand
nonplussed · flummoxed · discombobulated · befuddled · puzzled · disoriented · dazed · foggy · muddled · bamboozled
gobsmackernon-event
Disappointing lack of significance
bore · dud · nothing special · letdown · anticlimax
gobsmackerforegone conclusion
Result assumed beforehand
inevitability · predictability · certainty · sure thing · given