Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
dumbfounded .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Shocked andspeechless . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dumfound .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
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Examples
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Holt was astonished -- "dumfounded" is the word that he used in telling it -- yet seems to have retained a certain intelligent curiosity.
Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories Ambrose Bierce 1878
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"We were kind of dumfounded by what happened," Christian Delisio, the suspect's second cousin, said of the judge's decision yesterday.
unknown title 2009
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"We were kind of dumfounded by what happened," Christian Delisio, the suspect's second cousin, said of the judge's decision yesterday.
unknown title 2009
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A stream of short stories flowed from his pen, and he branched out into the easier forms of verse - the kind he saw printed in the magazines - though he lost his head and wasted two weeks on a tragedy in blank verse, the swift rejection of which, by half a dozen magazines, dumfounded him.
Chapter 11 2010
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Another example: I am dumfounded by this "new" discovery of the low status of teaching and how it could help sustain a more respectable profession.
Shaun Johnson: The Same Stories, Over and Over Again Shaun Johnson 2011
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They are going to be just as dumfounded and confused and I am after hearing her babble on and on sounding as dumb as ever.
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This issues is about a HUGE EGO dumfounded that the whole world doesn't know who he is and expected special treatment ....... it's not about race.
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The car dashed on, leaving the flurry of combat far behind, and its dumfounded passengers never dreamed that the quiet young man and the pretty working-girl sitting in the corner on the outside seat had been the cause of the row.
Chapter 42 2010
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“Certainly,” said Wenz, swallowing a mouthful of Cucumbertini, taking a step away from the dumfounded conversation circle.
Cucumbertini Larry Strattner 2011
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Another example: I am dumfounded by this "new" discovery of the low status of teaching and how it could help sustain a more respectable profession.
Shaun Johnson: The Same Stories, Over and Over Again Shaun Johnson 2011
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