Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound. See Synonyms at surprise.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See dumfound, dumfounder.
Wiktionary
- v. To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. same as dumfound.
WordNet 3.0
- v. be a mystery or bewildering to
Etymologies
- dumb + (con)found. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“My guess is that harold has a low "dumbfound" threshold ...”
“(I am not sure about this I think the only thing that might 'dumbfound' Australians is a rise in interest rates.”
“Start taking Penis Enlarge Patch and dumbfound her with your size.”
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“Despite the many heinous acts of extortion, revenge and intimidation that Keshari had seen in action over the years, it never ceased to dumbfound her the kinds of things that Ricky and those he employed could pull off and get away with.”
“Colin went on to dumbfound the poor copper telling him that he (Colin) was on the relevant council committee and he knew about these things.”
“Unfortunately, most political systems dumbfound and dumb-down the masses and castrate the power of the people.”
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“But after shaking off the flabbergast and the dumbfound he got that expression on his face, the one when he looks like a goddamn boob and he's psyched to tell me something.”
“While some healthcare facilities and providers are more progressive than others, the extent to which healthcare still lives in the pen and paper world would dumbfound most people who work in the typical environment of corporate America.”
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“Weak and faltering her words came to dumbfound me.”
“That he could shop for them on Amazon. com would dumbfound him, but he would feel at home in many of the country's classrooms, and his criticism would still be relevant.”
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Lesson 9
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