reeled
Wobbled from shock
Reeled is the past tense of reel, which has two main threads.
To reel is to wind onto a spool: She reeled in the fishing line.
But reel also means to stagger or lose balance, as if dizzy: He reeled from the blow.
The figurative extension captures mental disorientation: She reeled from the news of his death.
My mind is still reeling.
Moved with sudden unsteadiness
- totteredWalked with instability
- stumbledLost balance while walking
- teeteredMoved unsteadily, nearly falling
- wobbledMoved with instability
faltered · swayed · unsteady · shocked · dazed · shaken · back · aghast
Shocked into speechlessness
- staggeredShocked or unevenly spaced
- joltedAbruptly shaken or startled
- shakenDisturbed or agitated
- flooredOverwhelmed by surprise
gobsmacked · astonished · astounded · dumbfounded · flabbergasted · blindsided · speechless · aghast
One who casts lines
- rodThin rigid stick
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- spoolCylinder for winding material
- castPerformers, throw, or splint
catch · lure · bait · hook · tackle · sinker · drag · retrieve
lurched
Moved with sudden unsteadiness
- totteredWalked with instability
- stumbledLost balance while walking
- teeteredMoved unsteadily, nearly falling
wobbled · faltered · swayed · unsteady · shocked · dazed · shaken · back · aghast
stunned
Shocked into speechlessness
floored · gobsmacked · astonished · astounded · dumbfounded · flabbergasted · blindsided · speechless · aghast
angler
One who casts lines
cast · catch · lure · bait · hook · tackle · sinker · drag · retrieve · trolling
vertigo
Sensation of spinning
- lightheadedFaint and unsteady feeling
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
giddy · woozy · swaying · stumbling · whirling · spinning · faint · nauseous · queasy · balance
projector
Light-casting display device
- celluloidTransparent flammable synthetic material
- footageRecorded video material
- framesRigid enclosing structures
spool · cinema · screening · canister · archive · editing · splicing · 35mm · 16mm · silent
reeledstabilized
Made steady or constant
steadied · balanced · braced · anchored · stood fast
- reel offRecite quickly, effortlessly
- reeling inRecovering via spool
- reel inPull toward you by winding
- reeled inRetrieved by winding line
- reel outLet out gradually
- cotton reelCylinder holding sewing thread