驚きょう倒とう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

being very surprised; being utterly astonished; being shocked

Literary and somewhat dramatic expression for extreme surprise or shock. Rare in everyday conversation; more likely to appear in written narratives or formal contexts.

• その知しらせに一いち同どうは驚きょう倒とうした。

  Everyone was utterly astonished at the news.

• 彼かれの突とつ然ぜんの告こく白はくに、私わたしは驚きょう倒とうのあまり言こと葉ばを失うしなった。

  I was so shocked by his sudden confession that I was at a loss for words.