floor

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of FLOOR

to cause an unpleasant surprise for <that you would say such a rude thing to my mother floors me>

Synonyms appall (also appal), floor, jolt, shake up

Near Antonyms buffer, cushion; delight, gratify, please, rejoice, tickle; charm, entice, tempt; assure, cheer, comfort, console, solace, soothe; reassure

to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected <as you might expect, winning the lottery simply floored us>

Synonyms amaze, astonish, astound, bowl over, dumbfound (also dumfound), flabbergast, floor, rock, shock, startle, stun, stupefy, thunderstrike

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>

Synonyms bowl (down or over), down, drop, floor, knock down, knock over, level, mow (down), prostrate

Related Words kayo, knock out, KO; overthrow, throw down, topple; bang, bash, belt, bludgeon, clobber, hammer, hit, jab, paste, poke, pound, punch, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, swat, swipe, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress <the pushing and shoving at the clearance sale absolutely floored me, and I had to leave>

Synonyms crush, devastate, floor, grind (down), oppress, overcome, overmaster, overpower, prostrate, snow under, swamp, whelm

Related Words deluge, drown, sink; confute, defeat, refute; break, demoralize, distress, disturb, rock, shatter, stagger, throw, unman, unnerve, upset

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