Meaning & use
gobsmacked
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Utterly astonished or astounded, typically to the point of being lost for words.
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I was absolutely gobsmacked when they announced I'd won the award.
She stood there gobsmacked, unable to process the news.
A note on using this word
The word is British informal slang, literally suggesting one has been "smacked in the gob" (mouth) by surprise.
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