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as in shocked
to cause an unpleasant surprise for
that you would say such a rude thing to someone floors me
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as in surprised
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected
as you might expect, winning the lottery simply floored us
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as in downed
to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall
the boxer floored his opponent in the second round, winning the fight by a knockout
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as in overwhelmed
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
the pushing and shoving at the clearance sale absolutely floored me, and I had to leave
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Recent Examples of floored
The native of England then floored Paul with a combination to the head.
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CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Peterson revealed his now five-year-old daughter Monroe's cancer diagnosis in 2024 on social media, and was floored by the response from people all over the world who wanted to help his little girl.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025
The other, by the ceramic artist Katie Stout, is floored in a chunky mosaic and walled in her monstrous watercolors of floaty ladies.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2025
Episode four, at the end, I was floored.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 28 Nov. 2025
There's a moment that just completely floored me and surprised me and was unbelievably moving.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Nov. 2025
The superintendent was floored.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
He was floored by how much his old funder Y Combinator has gone from supporting different kinds of technologies to focusing solely on AI.
—NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
Summer Warren floored 24 kills and six aces, while Kiara Rivera Valdez tallied 39 assists and seven aces as Brooks (3-6) defeated Pingree, 3-1.
—Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for floored
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You’d be shocked to see how little (or how much) some of the more popular backpacks are capable of handling.—
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Local senior living residents also told WESH that they were shocked to learn about the case, as the community had felt safe in the past.—
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Babz didn’t have much to worry about, as the Patriots surprised him with a 14-3 record, claiming the AFC East title.—
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Lucy Dacus surprised fans by bringing out Chappell Roan during a benefit concert for Sudan and Palestine relief efforts in Los Angeles.—
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Please send your reports of hail or wind damage, including trees or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office in Wilmington at 1 800 697 3901.—
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Report downed power lines to the police.—
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Those bold trunks of synapses, instead of the sleek connections most people have, mean that Kaylie can be overwhelmed by the flood of input coming her way.—
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Indiana overwhelmed Alabama 38-3 in the Rose Bowl as Mendoza passed for 192 yards and three touchdowns.—
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Russia and China claim to be appalled, too, but to use a classic diplomatic expression, the leaders in Beijing and Moscow should be invited, with all due respect, to shut their traps.—
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Aggie is appalled at Nile’s presumptuousness, his entitlement.—
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The universe amazed me yet again.—
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In 1905, German zoologist Gustav Tornier described a live-bearing toad from Tanzania that amazed scientists of his time.—
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The couple's appearance comes just days after Cher appeared on Shepard's Armchair Expert and dropped a few awkward moments with the hosts.—
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On Philadelphia's final drive, Brown dropped a pass on third-and-five from quarterback Jalen Hurts that went right through his hands.—
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Though not every gallery has reopened since hurricanes devastated the island, the community brought back the Matlacha Art Walk in 2025.—
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There had been an influx of increasingly cataclysmal news out of Gaza, and Ben Hania made efforts to stay as informed as possible, but Hind’s innocent voice devastated her anew.—
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“Floored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floored. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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