be struck dumb

To be rendered speechless or dumbfounded, as due to a great surprise or shock. We were all struck dumb by my father's announcement that he was resigning from the company.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Abdullah	‘ahb-DAH:L-lah (Arabic), ‘ahb-DOOL-lah (Arabic), ahb-dool-LAH (Turkish)	Arabic, Turkish, Malay, Indonesian
Byung-Ho	byung-ho	Korean
Gereon	GE-re-awn (German)	German, Late Roman
&Aelig;Lfr&Aelig;D	-	Anglo-Saxon
Tamaz	-	Georgian
Onisimu	-	Old Church Slavic