Meaning & use
Floored
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informal: completely shocked, astonished, or overwhelmed.
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I was floored when they announced I'd won the scholarship.
Her blunt honesty floored everyone at the meeting.
A note on using this word
Comes from the literal sense of knocking someone down to the floor, as in boxing, extended figuratively to mean overwhelming surprise.
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Words with an opposite meaning
unfazedunsurprised
Another way to use it
2. verb
provided with a floor, or knocked down onto the floor.
The attic was finally floored and ready to be used as storage.
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