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Definition of dumbfound in English: dumbfoundverb dʌmˈfaʊndˈdəmˌfaʊnd [with object]Greatly astonish or amaze. she was dumbfounded at the sight that met her eyes as adjective a dumbfounded look on her face Example sentencesExamples - It still dumbfounds me and many who share an enthusiasm for boating.
- I know they're going to say that isn't a fact.… but it dumbfounds me.
- Jerome was dumbfounded at the double life his longtime chess partner had been leading.
- Every now and then my own life does dumbfound me.
- I knew she was a strong woman, not just in battle, but even this showcase dumbfounded me.
- I should say, it's meaningless goop that some poor soul spent a whole lot of time creating in order to dumfound the unwary.
- The ability of all these top-level singers to deliver whole programmes from memory never ceases to amaze and dumbfound me.
- For me, it just absolutely dumbfounds me how, as citizens of the United States, we own these parks, we own these national forests.
- I only wanted to thrill him and satisfy him, that's why it dumfounded me so much for him to be so incredibly scared and uncomfortable with it.
- We were dumbfounded at this rudeness and I got up and knelt on the clay floor.
- He puts all his materials and maneuvers in plain sight, almost like the magician who obligingly shows you that there's nothing up his sleeve before he dumbfounds you.
- Now it was Adam who was dumbfounded as he stared in astonishment at the card in his hands.
- We just didn't understand, and I personally was dumfounded.
- ‘Music is important for me,’ she says, probably dumbfounding her detractors in the process.
- You'll dislike this show while watching it, but an hour later you'll be dumbfounded by its cunning.
- Her mouth was like a cave as she stood dumbfounded by the array of weird electronic devices, and their sheer size.
- She was dumbfounded at this magical event, and stood there open mouthed for a long time, looking at this strange object in her own hand.
- I am always dumbfounded by the utter lack of taste displayed in selecting the most popular choices on the jukebox.
- On several occasions during a trip to London last week I was dumbfounded by the evidence of this.
- What dumbfounds me, though, is when they call me ‘mate’.
Synonyms astonish, astound, amaze, stagger, surprise, startle, stun, confound, stupefy, daze, nonplus throw, shake, unnerve, disconcert, discompose, bewilder take someone's breath away, take by surprise, take aback, shake up, stop someone in their tracks, strike dumb, leave open-mouthed, leave aghast, catch off balance informal flabbergast, floor, knock for six, knock sideways, knock out, knock the stuffing out of, bowl over, blow someone's mind, blow away astonished, astounded, amazed, staggered, surprised, startled, stunned, confounded, nonplussed, stupefied, dazed, dumbstruck, open-mouthed, agape, speechless, at a loss for words, thunderstruck, goggle-eyed, wide-eyed taken aback, thrown, shaken, unnerved, disconcerted, discomposed, bewildered informal flabbergasted, floored, flummoxed, knocked for six, knocked sideways, knocked out, bowled over, blown away, unable to believe one's eyes/ears British informal gobsmacked
Derivatives noun I came away feeling a combination of slack-jawed dumbfoundedness and downright anger. Example sentencesExamples - His blank stare revealed his dumbfoundedness, and I knew he had no idea about the meaning of what I had just said.
- This story has me shaking my head in dumbfoundedness.
- Cubans just shrugged when I showed my complete and utter dumbfoundedness at this unnecessary barrier to development and said "este pais" (this country).
- The narrator emerges from a two-month period of isolation and dumbfoundedness after the unexplained loss of his arm.
Origin Mid 17th century: blend of dumb and confound. Rhymes abound, aground, around, astound, bound, compound, confound, expound, found, ground, hound, impound, interwound, mound, pound, profound, propound, redound, round, sound, stoneground, surround, theatre-in-the-round (US theater-in-the-round), underground, wound Definition of dumbfound in US English: dumbfoundverbˈdəmˌfoundˈdəmˌfaʊnd [with object]Greatly astonish or amaze. they were dumbfounded at his popularity Example sentencesExamples - We were dumbfounded at this rudeness and I got up and knelt on the clay floor.
- On several occasions during a trip to London last week I was dumbfounded by the evidence of this.
- Every now and then my own life does dumbfound me.
- I am always dumbfounded by the utter lack of taste displayed in selecting the most popular choices on the jukebox.
- I should say, it's meaningless goop that some poor soul spent a whole lot of time creating in order to dumfound the unwary.
- I know they're going to say that isn't a fact.… but it dumbfounds me.
- Her mouth was like a cave as she stood dumbfounded by the array of weird electronic devices, and their sheer size.
- She was dumbfounded at this magical event, and stood there open mouthed for a long time, looking at this strange object in her own hand.
- For me, it just absolutely dumbfounds me how, as citizens of the United States, we own these parks, we own these national forests.
- Jerome was dumbfounded at the double life his longtime chess partner had been leading.
- He puts all his materials and maneuvers in plain sight, almost like the magician who obligingly shows you that there's nothing up his sleeve before he dumbfounds you.
- You'll dislike this show while watching it, but an hour later you'll be dumbfounded by its cunning.
- Now it was Adam who was dumbfounded as he stared in astonishment at the card in his hands.
- I knew she was a strong woman, not just in battle, but even this showcase dumbfounded me.
- The ability of all these top-level singers to deliver whole programmes from memory never ceases to amaze and dumbfound me.
- It still dumbfounds me and many who share an enthusiasm for boating.
- ‘Music is important for me,’ she says, probably dumbfounding her detractors in the process.
- I only wanted to thrill him and satisfy him, that's why it dumfounded me so much for him to be so incredibly scared and uncomfortable with it.
- What dumbfounds me, though, is when they call me ‘mate’.
- We just didn't understand, and I personally was dumfounded.
Synonyms astonish, astound, amaze, stagger, surprise, startle, stun, confound, stupefy, daze, nonplus astonished, astounded, amazed, staggered, surprised, startled, stunned, confounded, nonplussed, stupefied, dazed, dumbstruck, open-mouthed, agape, speechless, at a loss for words, thunderstruck, goggle-eyed, wide-eyed
Origin Mid 17th century: blend of dumb and confound. |