Thesaurus
knocks for a loop
Synonyms and Antonyms of knocks for a loop
- When word spread about their coworker's tragic accident, it knocked them for a loop.
astonishes, bowls over, dumbfounds (also dumfounds), flabbergasts, freaks (out), stuns, stupefies
affrights, alarms (also alarums), dismays, frightens, frights, horrifies, panics, scares, scarifies, spooks, startles, terrifies, terrorizes
disgusts, nauseates, repels, revolts, sickens, turns off
displeases, offends, outrages, scandalizes
chills, daunts, demoralizes, dispirits, emasculates, undoes, unmans, unnerves, unstrings
discomforts, discomposes, disconcerts, disquiets, distresses, disturbs, perturbs, shakes, unsettles, upsets, weirds out
- She was knocked for a loop when she heard she got three job offers in one week.
amazes, astonishes, astounds, bowls over, dumbfounds (also dumfounds), flabbergasts, floors, rocks, shocks, startles, stuns, stupefies, surprises, thunderstrikes
befuddles, bewilders, blindsides, blows away, confounds, confuses, dazes, discomfits, disconcerts, dismays, jars, muddles, nonpluses (or nonplusses), perplexes, shakes up
- She was knocked for a loop by the impact of the airbag when it deployed.
deadens, knocks out, paralyzes
bangs, bashes, belts, bludgeons, bonks, bops, clobbers, clocks, clouts, hammers, hits, pastes, pounds, punches, raps, slams, slaps, slugs, smacks, smites, socks, strikes, swats, thumps, thwacks, wallops, whacks, whales
batters, beats, buffets, bungs, chops, cuffs, drubs, mangles, mauls, pelts, pummels
- The boxer really knocked his opponent for a loop.
beats, bests, conquers, defeats, dispatches, does down [British], gets, gets around, licks, masters, overbears, overcomes, overmatches, prevails (over), skunks, stops, subdues, surmounts, takes, trims, triumphs (over), upends, wins (against), worsts
edges (out), noses out, pips [British]
annihilates, blows away, blows out, bombs, breaks, buries, clobbers, creams, crushes, drubs, finishes, flattens, overwhelms, routs, shellacs, skins, slaughters, smokes [slang], snows under, thrashes, trounces, upsets, wallops, waxes [slang], whips
caps, excels, flourishes, scores, succeeds
knocks off, knocks over, overpowers, overthrows, subjugates, unseats, vanquishes
aces (out), betters, eclipses, exceeds, excels, outdistances, outdoes, outfights, outshines, outstrips, overtops, surpasses, tops, transcends
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