Descriptions & Equivalents
- absolutely blindsided
- bowled over
- collapsed in a chair
- couldn't grasp what was happening
- did a head slap
- dumbstruck
- eyebrows stretched up
- eyes popped/bugged out
- felt like someone hit me in the gut
- floored
- forgot to take a breath
- gave a look of incredulity
- hand dropped
- head spun
- heart came close to stopping
- holy moly
- incredulous
- jarring
- jolted
- knocked for a loop
- mouth hung open
- punch in the stomach
- rubbed his eyes
- shell-shocked
- slack-jawed
- speechless
- spit out his coffee
- startled
- stomach dropped
- stopped in my tracks
- thunderstruck
- unexpected
- would not have guessed in a million years
- you could have knocked me over with a feather
Shocked. Something unexpected just happened and you can’t believe it. He was shocked when he received his million dollar tax bill from the IRS.