A truck crashed, spilling thousands of copies of Roget's Thesaurus all over the highway. Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback, stupefied, confused, shocked rattled, dazed, bewildered, surprised, awed, flabbergasted, astounded, amazed, confounded, astonished, overwhelmed, terrified, horrified, numbed, dumfounded, speechless and perplexed.