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- 1. greatly astonish or amaze: "I was dumbfounded by the low prices there"
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uk / ˌdʌmˈfaʊn.dɪd / us / ˌdʌmˈfaʊn.dɪd / (also dumbstruck, uk / ˈdʌm.strʌk / us / ˈdʌm.strʌk /) Add to word list. so shocked that you cannot speak: dumbfounded by He was dumbfounded by the allegations. Synonym. thunderstruck. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Surprised. aback. agape. aghast. amazed. appalled. flabbergasted. flat-footed.
The verb dumbfound means to puzzle, mystify, or amaze. If people never expected you to amount to much in high school, but you grew up to be a rocket scientist, you will surely dumbfound your former classmates at your next reunion.
The meaning of DUMBFOUND is to confound briefly and usually with astonishment. How to use dumbfound in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dumbfound.
To strike dumb with astonishment; amaze Also (archaic): dumbfounder, dumfounder.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Being dumbfounded is an extreme form of being surprised or caught off guard. Being dumbfounded is not something that happens every day: this is a word that means something similar to astonished and gobsmacked. Only things that are extraordinary can dumbfound you.
Dumbfound definition: to make speechless with amazement; astonish.. See examples of DUMBFOUND used in a sentence.
us / ˌdʌmˈfaʊn.dɪd / uk / ˌdʌmˈfaʊn.dɪd / (also dumbstruck, us / ˈdʌm.strʌk / uk / ˈdʌm.strʌk /) Add to word list. so shocked that you cannot speak: dumbfounded by He was dumbfounded by the allegations. Synonym. thunderstruck. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Surprised. aback. agape. aghast. amazed. appalled. flabbergasted. flat-footed.
Some common synonyms of dumbfound are bewilder, confound, distract, nonplus, perplex, and puzzle. While all these words mean "to baffle and disturb mentally," dumbfound suggests intense but momentary confounding; often the idea of astonishment is so stressed that it becomes a near synonym of astound .
Define dumbfound. dumbfound synonyms, dumbfound pronunciation, dumbfound translation, English dictionary definition of dumbfound. also dum·found tr.v. dumb·found·ed , dumb·found·ing , dumb·founds also dum·found·ed or dum·found·ing or dum·founds To fill with astonishment and perplexity;...
Definition of dumbfound verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
