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What is the difference between dumbfounded and dumbstruck?

dumbfounded | dumbstruck |

As adjectives the difference between dumbfounded and dumbstruck

is that dumbfounded is shocked and speechless while dumbstruck is so shocked as to be unable to speak.

As a verb dumbfounded

is past tense of dumbfound.

dumbfounded

English

Alternative forms

* dumfounded

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • shocked and speechless.

    • Synonyms

    * amazed, astonished, astounded, confounded, flabbergasted, perplexed, shocked, speechless, stunned, surprised

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dumbfound)

    • dumbstruck

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • so shocked as to be unable to speak