adjective
- extremely shocked, stunned, or bewildered
Usage: informal
Examples
- I was completely poleaxed by the unexpected news.
- She stood there poleaxed, unable to process what had just happened.
- The team was poleaxed by their crushing defeat.
- He looked poleaxed when he heard the test results.
- The audience sat poleaxed after the magician’s incredible trick.
- I was poleaxed by how much the car repair would cost.