strike+dumb
81dumbfound — /ˈdʌmfaʊnd / (say dumfownd) verb (t) to strike dumb with amazement. Also, dumfound. {blend of dumb and confound} –dumbfounder, noun –dumbfounded, adjective …
82silence — [n] absence of sound, speech blackout, calm, censorship, dead air, death, dumbness, hush, hush hush*, inarticulateness, iron curtain*, laconism, lull, muteness, noiselessness, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, quietus, reserve,… …
83dumbfound — v.tr. (also dumfound) strike dumb; confound; nonplus. Etymology: DUMB, CONFOUND …
84thunderstrike — transitive verb (thunderstruck; struck; also thunderstricken; thunderstriking) Date: circa 1586 1. to strike dumb ; astonish < was thunderstruck at the news > 2. archaic to strike by or as if by lightning …
85appall — Synonyms and related words: abash, astound, awe, confound, daunt, discomfit, disconcert, disgust, dismay, faze, freeze, give offense, gross out, horrify, nauseate, offend, overawe, paralyze, petrify, put off, put out, repel, revolt, scare stiff,… …
86freeze — Synonyms and related words: KO, abide, anesthetize, anhydrate, appall, arrest, awe, balance, ballast, ban, be cold, be still, bedaze, benumb, besot, bite, bitter weather, blast, blast freeze, bleak weather, blight, block, blunt, brake, brine,… …
87horrify — Synonyms and related words: alarm, appall, awe, daunt, disconcert, discountenance, disgust, dismay, distress, freeze, frighten, give offense, gross out, intimidate, nauseate, offend, outrage, panic, paralyze, petrify, put off, repel, revolt,… …
88jolt — Synonyms and related words: agitate, amaze, amble, assault, astonish, astound, barge, bear, bear upon, bearing, blow, bob, bobble, bombshell, boost, bounce, bowl along, bowl down, bowl over, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bundle, bunt …
89shock — Synonyms and related words: AC arc, Poulsen arc, abscess, accident, ache, aching, agitate, ague, amplify, anaphylactic shock, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, aperiodic discharge, apnea, appall, appulse, arc, arc column, arc discharge, asphyxiation,… …
90terrify — Synonyms and related words: affright, alarm, appall, awe, freeze, fright, frighten, horrify, paralyze, petrify, scare, scare stiff, scare to death, shock, spook, startle, strike dumb, strike terror into, stun, stupefy, terrorize| …
