Render speechless, as by surprising or shocking.
Roget 581:
keep silence
etc.
585;
speak low,
speak softly;
whisper
etc.
(faintness)
405.
silence;
render mute,
render silent;
muzzle,
muffle,
suppress,
smother,
gag,
strike dumb,
dumfounder;
drown the voice,
put to silence,
stop one's mouth,
cut one short.
stick in the throat.
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Roget 870:
wonder,
marvel,
admire;
be surprised
etc.
adj.;
start;
stare;
open one's eyes,
rub one's eyes,
turn up one's eyes;
gloar†;
gape,
open one's mouth,
hold one's breath;
look aghast,
stand aghast,
stand agog;
look blank
etc.
(disappointment)
509;
tombe des nues [Fr.];
not believe one's eyes,
not believe one's ears,
not believe one's senses.
not be able to account for
etc.
(unintelligible)
519;
not know whether one stands on one's head or one's not know whether one stands on one's head or one's heels.
surprise,
astonish,
amaze,
astound;
dumfound,
dumfounder;
startle,
dazzle;
daze;
strike,
strike with wonder,
strike with awe;
electrify;
stun,
stupefy,
petrify,
confound,
bewilder,
flabbergast,
stagger,
throw on one's beam ends,
fascinate,
turn the head,
take away one's breath,
strike dumb;
make one's hair stand on end,
make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's mouth;
make one stare.
take by surprise
etc.
(be unexpected)
508.
be wonderful
etc.
adj.;
beggar description,
beggar the imagination,
baffle description;
stagger belief.
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Roget 879:
be humble
etc.
adj.;
deign,
vouchsafe,
condescend;
humble oneself,
demean oneself;
stoop,
stoop to conquer;
carry coals;
submit
etc.
725;
submit with a good grace
etc.
(brook)
826;
yield the palm.
lower one's tone,
lower one's note;
sing small,
draw in one's horns,
sober down;
hide one's face,
hide one's diminished head;
not dare to show one's face,
take shame to oneself,
not have a word to say for oneself;
feel shame,
be conscious of shame,
feel disgrace,
be conscious of disgrace;
drink the cup of humiliation to the dregs.
blush for,
blush up to the eves;
redden,
change color;
color up;
hang one's head,
look foolish,
feel small.
render humble;
humble,
humiliate;
let down,
set down,
take down,
tread down,
frown down;
snub,
abash,
abase,
make one sing small,
strike dumb;
teach one his distance;
put down,
take down a peg,
take down a peg lower;
throw into the shade,
cast into the shade
etc.
874;
stare out of countenance,
put out of countenance;
put to the blush;
confuse,
ashame†,
mortify,
disgrace,
crush;
send away with a flea in one's ear.
get a setdown†.
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