floored

1. 1
   adjectivecolloquialfiguratively

   So surprised that you can hardly speak or move.

   Like being so shocked you can't say a word for a moment.

   I was completely floored when they told me I had won.

   The whole audience looked floored by the singer's final note.

   Similarstunned, astonished, amazed, astounded, staggered

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2. 2
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of floor. Use it for something that already happened.

   The champion floored his rival with one clean punch.

   They floored the new room with wide oak boards.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Pushed down as far as it will go, like a gas pedal when you speed up.

   Like pushing a button all the way in, with no more to press.

   With the gas pedal floored, the car shot down the empty road.

   He kept the pedal floored until the engine roared.

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4. 4
   adjective

   Knocked down flat onto the ground.

   The boxer was floored by a sharp left hook.

   The larger man was floored by a single punch in the bar fight.

   Similardecked

5. 5
   adjective

   Knocked down to the ground.

   A sudden gust floored the cyclist near the bridge.

   He was floored by a heavy tackle just short of the line.

   Similarflattened

6. 6
   adjective

   Having a floor put in or covered with flooring.

   The newly floored kitchen looked bright and clean.

   They finally moved into the freshly floored apartment.

   Similarboarded

7. 7
   adjectivecolloquialfiguratively

   Beaten so badly that it is all over and there is no way to go on.

   After losing the big contract, the small firm was floored.

   One more bad season and the team is floored for good.

   Similarfinished, doomed, beaten

8. 8
   adjective

   Left with nothing to say after someone's strong reply.

   The heckler stood floored by the comedian's sharp comeback.

   Her one-line answer left the critic completely floored.

   Similarstumped, nonplussed, silenced, dumbfounded

9. 9
   adjectivecolloquialfiguratively

   Beaten by something too strong to fight.

   The defenders were floored by wave after wave of attackers.

   Floored by the heat, the hikers stopped to rest.

   Similaroverwhelmed, overpowered, overcome, crushed

10. 10
    adjective

    Kept from going below a set lowest value.

    The price is floored at ten dollars, so it never drops lower.

    Each player's score is floored at zero in this game.

    Oppositecapped

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11. 11
    adjective

    Hung low down, near the bottom of a wall.

    In the new display, the maps were floored instead of hung at eye level.

    The smaller sketches were floored along the gallery's far side.

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