What is another word for Knocked?
521 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ nˈɒkt], [ nˈɒkt], [ n_ˈɒ_k_t]
There are several synonyms for the word "knocked", which means to strike or hit something with force. Some of these synonyms include "banged", "thumped", "pounded", "hammered", "smashed", "thwacked", "slammed" and "bashed". While these words all indicate forceful impact, they can have slightly different connotations. For example, "smashed" and "bashed" may suggest intentional destruction, while "thumped" and "pounded" might imply repetitive blows. Regardless of the particular synonym used, all indicate forceful impact, either intentional or accidental. It's always good to have an understanding of synonyms when writing, to ensure the intended meaning is conveyed effectively.
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Synonyms for Knocked:
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adj.
• dumbfounded- be wildered ,
- be-wildered ,
- dis mayed ,
- dis-mayed ,
- more agape ,
- more amazed ,
- more astonished ,
- more bamboozled ,
- more buffaloed ,
- more dismayed ,
- more flabbergasted ,
- more floored ,
- more knocked ,
- more licked ,
- more nonplused ,
- more staggered ,
- most agape ,
- most amazed ,
- most astonished ,
- most bamboozled ,
- most buffaloed ,
- most dismayed ,
- most flabbergasted ,
- most floored ,
- most knocked ,
- most licked ,
- most nonplused ,
- most staggered ,
- over come ,
- over whelmed ,
- over-whelmed ,
- sur prised ,
- sur-prised .
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v.
• motivated- Energized ,
- Enticed ,
- Flung ,
- Fomented ,
- Hastened ,
- Hurled ,
- Hurtled ,
- Instigated ,
- Jerked ,
- Jogged ,
- Jostled ,
- Launched ,
- Lobbed ,
- Poked ,
- Prodded ,
- Propelled ,
- Punched ,
- Pushed ,
- Rammed ,
- Shoved ,
- Slung ,
- Threw ,
- Urged ,
- catapulted ,
- driven ,
- drove ,
- fermented ,
- fired ,
- forced ,
- goaded ,
- heaved ,
- impelled ,
- induced ,
- inspired ,
- jolted ,
- magnetized ,
- motivated ,
- moved ,
- nudged ,
- pitched ,
- provoked ,
- shot ,
- stimulated ,
- stricken ,
- struck ,
- thrown ,
- thrust ,
- triggered .
Other relevant words:
- abound ,
- aerated ,
- affected ,
- afflicted ,
- aggravated ,
- all in ,
- alligatored ,
- around the bend ,
- aroused ,
- at sea ,
- aweary ,
- baffled ,
- balmy ,
- banal ,
- barb ,
- barmy ,
- bats ,
- batty ,
- beat ,
- beat-up ,
- beaten-up ,
- befuddled ,
- belly-up ,
- bemused ,
- besotted ,
- bewildered ,
- blame ,
- blastoff ,
- blessed ,
- blind drunk ,
- blotto ,
- bonkers ,
- bow down ,
- break ,
- break open ,
- bristle ,
- broken in ,
- bucked up ,
- buggy ,
- bust ,
- busted ,
- cadaverous ,
- careworn ,
- cernuous ,
- changeable ,
- chapped ,
- chatoyant ,
- cockeyed ,
- collapse ,
- commonplace ,
- compulsive ,
- confounded ,
- confused ,
- conk ,
- constrained ,
- crack ,
- crackers ,
- crimson ,
- crocked ,
- crushed ,
- daft ,
- damn ,
- damned ,
- darned ,
- dead ,
- dead reckoning ,
- despoiled ,
- determined ,
- deuced ,
- dig ,
- dim ,
- diminished ,
- discharged ,
- dismissed ,
- disordered ,
- disoriented ,
- divine ,
- dog-tired ,
- doomed ,
- dotty ,
- dozy ,
- drawn ,
- drive ,
- driving force ,
- droopy ,
- drove chisel ,
- drowsing ,
- dumb ,
- dumbstricken ,
- dumbstruck ,
- dumfounded ,
- elysian ,
- emaciated ,
- erupt ,
- explode ,
- explosion ,
- fag ,
- fag out ,
- fagged ,
- faint-hearted ,
- fainthearted ,
- fatigue ,
- feeble ,
- finished ,
- fit ,
- flabbergasted ,
- flagging ,
- flare-up ,
- flat ,
- force ,
- fruity ,
- fuddled ,
- fusillade ,
- gaunt ,
- gibe ,
- goddam ,
- goddamn ,
- goddamned ,
- gone ,
- guess ,
- guessing ,
- guesswork ,
- hackneyed ,
- haywire ,
- helpless ,
- horde ,
- humbled ,
- humiliated ,
- hurl ,
- hurt ,
- hurtle ,
- ill-used ,
- impoverished ,
- infernal ,
- injection ,
- insolvent ,
- iridescent ,
- jab ,
- jabbing ,
- jade ,
- jibe ,
- kaput ,
- knife thrust ,
- kookie ,
- kooky ,
- laid low ,
- laid-off ,
- light ,
- light-headed ,
- lightheaded ,
- loaded ,
- loco ,
- loony ,
- loopy ,
- low ,
- lunge ,
- magnetic ,
- magnetised ,
- maimed ,
- mazed ,
- missed ,
- mixed-up ,
- nip ,
- nodding ,
- nuts ,
- nutty ,
- old-hat ,
- oscitant ,
- outburst ,
- outwear ,
- pall ,
- pass out ,
- pellet ,
- pendulous ,
- pie-eyed ,
- pierce ,
- pillaged ,
- pinched ,
- pink-slipped ,
- pissed ,
- pixilated ,
- plastered ,
- poke ,
- poking ,
- preoccupied ,
- prone ,
- push ,
- push up ,
- put-upon ,
- raddled ,
- ravaged ,
- red ,
- red-faced ,
- reddened ,
- rider haggard ,
- roast ,
- rose-cheeked ,
- rosy ,
- rosy-cheeked ,
- roughened ,
- round the bend ,
- rugged ,
- ruin ,
- sacked ,
- sagging ,
- salvo ,
- scene ,
- shadowy ,
- shaft ,
- shaken ,
- shooter ,
- shooting ,
- shopworn ,
- shove ,
- shredded ,
- sir henry rider haggard ,
- skeletal ,
- slam ,
- sliced ,
- slopped ,
- sloshed ,
- small ,
- smash ,
- smitten ,
- snap ,
- snapshot ,
- soaked ,
- soused ,
- sozzled ,
- split ,
- squeeze ,
- squiffy ,
- stab ,
- stiff ,
- stirred ,
- stirred up ,
- stock ,
- strained ,
- stroke ,
- stuff ,
- stupefied ,
- sunk ,
- supercharged ,
- swarm ,
- swoon ,
- swooning ,
- syncope ,
- threadbare ,
- throw ,
- thrown and twisted ,
- thrusting ,
- thunderstruck ,
- tight ,
- timeworn ,
- timid ,
- tire ,
- tire out ,
- touched ,
- trite ,
- unconscious mind ,
- unkept ,
- unrested ,
- unstuck ,
- upset ,
- used ,
- vague ,
- victimised ,
- victimized ,
- volley ,
- wacky ,
- washed-out ,
- washed-up ,
- wasted ,
- weak ,
- wear ,
- wear down ,
- wear out ,
- wear upon ,
- weathered ,
- weatherworn ,
- weeping ,
- well-worn ,
- wet ,
- whacky ,
- wiped out ,
- wispy ,
- worn ,
- worn out ,
- worn-out ,
- yawning .
- Bashed ,
- Batted ,
- Begged ,
- Brawled ,
- Carped ,
- Chanced ,
- Clouted ,
- Criticised ,
- Demoted ,
- Derided ,
- Dinted ,
- Dislodged ,
- Displaced ,
- Drummed ,
- Encountered ,
- Flambe ,
- Hammered ,
- Happened ,
- Impinged ,
- Intercepted ,
- Knapped ,
- Larruped ,
- Lashed ,
- Panned ,
- Pelted ,
- Pinged ,
- Pounded ,
- Relegated ,
- Surbated ,
- Swiped ,
- Thrashed ,
- Threshed ,
- Walloped ,
- Wayworn ,
- bankrupt ,
- battered ,
- belaboured ,
- belittled ,
- belted ,
- biffed ,
- blamed ,
- blasted ,
- booted ,
- broken ,
- brought up ,
- bugged ,
- bushed ,
- called out ,
- called up ,
- charged ,
- chopped ,
- clipped ,
- condemned ,
- criticized ,
- cuffed ,
- destroyed ,
- done for ,
- done up ,
- drooping ,
- drowsy ,
- exhausted ,
- exploited ,
- faint ,
- fatigued ,
- flushed ,
- footsore ,
- haggard ,
- jabbed ,
- jointed ,
- kicked ,
- licked ,
- lost ,
- overfatigued ,
- overspent ,
- overtired ,
- played out ,
- prostrate ,
- raped ,
- referred to ,
- roasted ,
- ruined ,
- smashed ,
- solicited ,
- spent ,
- stroked ,
- swatted ,
- thrilled ,
- tired ,
- touched on ,
- touched up ,
- unconscious ,
- undone ,
- unrefreshed ,
- unrestored ,
- weary ,
- weather-beaten ,
- whanged ,
- wounded .
- HIT .
How to use "Knocked" in context?
In supernatural horror, the knock is a motif of fear that recurs throughout popular culture. It is most famously associated with the horror movie genre, where its use as a scare tactic is often employed. In the sense of being disturbed or scared by sudden noises, the knock is often used as a metaphor for the character's fears.
In the 1946 film "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", the character John Muir is disturbed by the sound of a knock on the door.Later in the film, Mrs. Muir hears the knock and scares her son, who has been hiding from the ghost, by telling him that it is the ghost.
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Forward Entailment
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Verb, past tense
Bumped.
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Verb, past tense
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Independent
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Verb, past tense
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Verb, past participle
abducted, affected, afflicted, amazed, battered, beaten, beset, cleared, collapsed, come, confused, deducted, defeated, dispatched, disqualified, dropped, engulfed, fallen, felled, filled, halted, impacted, impeded, impregnated, impressed, inverted, kidnapped, led, mailed, maltreated, overthrown, overturned, overwhelmed, placed, plagued, pulled, put, removed, reversed, rolled, rung, sent, set, shaken, shocked, sounded, stabbed, stamped, stopped, stricken, stripped, struck, stuck, sung, thrown, torn, turned, upset, whacked, worn, Befallen, Brought, Captured, Carried, Caught, Displaced, Dragged, Forwarded, Gotten, Grabbed, Has, Inflicted, Interposed, Nabbed, Nailed, Occurred, Ousted, Overtaken, Raptured, Robbed, Screwed, Shifted, Shipped, Toppled, Towed, Punched, Spilled, Spilt, Superseded, Supplanted, Surpassed, Switched, erupted, clocked, replaced, kicked, laid, e-mailed, strucked.
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Verb, past tense
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Other Related
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Verb, past tense
shot.
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Verb, past tense
Homophones for Knocked:
- kansa, kwangju, keenness, kiang, kaunas, kameez, Ken Kesey, kumis, king, kananga, knox, kwanzaa, knack, kinkajou, kinase, kwangchow, kenning, knucks, kinshasa, kinesis, kink, Kogia Simus, king-size, kam-sui, kachinic, 1 Kings, kansu, kuangchou, known as, knish, kumasi, 2 Kings, koumiss, kicking, kanzu, kwanza, kinky, kongo, kansas, kennewick, knowing, kissing, knee-high, knossos, Kahane Chai, keynes, kinsey, Kam Muang, kamikaze.
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