to be struck dumb
21Dumb piano — Piano Pi*an o, Pianoforte Pi*an o*for te, n. [It. piano soft (fr. L. planus even, smooth; see {Plain}, a.) + It. forte strong, fr. L. fortis (see {Fort}).] (Mus.) A well known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting …
22dumb stricken — adjective see dumb struck …
23strike dumb — verb render speechless, as by surprising or shocking we were struck dumb by the candidate s announcement • Hypernyms: ↑affect, ↑impress, ↑move, ↑strike • Verb Frames: Something s somebody * * * …
24gob-struck — adj British astonished, struck dumb, left open mouthed in amazement. From gob. These are originally Liverpudlian terms and are now widespread, used even by Sloane Rangers and yuppies, thanks ini tially to usage on TV comedies set in Liv erpool.… …
25awe struck — stunned, astounded, struck dumb, speechless …
26awe-struck — stunned, astounded, struck dumb, speechless …
27dumb·struck — /ˈdʌmˌstrʌk/ adj : so shocked or surprised that you cannot speak The people in the courtroom were dumbstruck by his confession …
28awe-struck — adj 1. solemn, reverent, reverential, awed. See reverent (defs.1, 2). 2. dismayed, daunted, cowed, intimidated, overawed; overwhelmed, terrified, horrorstruck, appalled, abashed; stupefied, dumbfounded, struck speechless or mute or dumb with… …
29strike — strike1 W3S3 [straık] v past tense and past participle struck [strʌk] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hit)¦ 2¦(hit with hand/weapon etc)¦ 3¦(thought/idea)¦ 4 strike somebody as (being) something 5¦(stop work)¦ 6¦(attack)¦ 7¦(harm)¦ 8¦(something bad happens)¦ …
30strike — [[t]stra͟ɪk[/t]] ♦♦ strikes, striking, struck, stricken (The form struck is the past tense and past participle. The form stricken can also be used as the past participle for meanings 6, 17, and 19.) 1) N COUNT: also on N When there is a strike,… …
