| 单词 | dumbfounded |
| 释义 | dumbfounded (once / 7486 pages) adj When you're dumbfounded, you're amazed. 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. This word plays on an older meaning of dumb that means unable to speak. When you're dumbfounded, you're so astounded and shocked that you can't even speak. Save this word for occasions that are truly unusual and amazing. WORD FAMILYdumbfounded: dumbfoundedest, dumbfoundedly+/dumbfound: dumbfounded, dumbfounding, dumbfounds/dumbfounding: dumbfoundingly USAGE EXAMPLESAfter an initial encounter with Norton, one dumbfounded female character says to another, “She’s terrifying.” Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) And the French were dumbfounded by his decision to confide state secrets to two journalists, who published them in a recent book. Economist(Dec 02, 2016) She heard a lullaby by the composer Richard Strauss, she says, and she was dumbfounded. Washington Post(Nov 18, 2016) adj as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident Syn dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck surprised taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment |
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