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verb
- 1. greatly astonish or amaze: "I was dumbfounded by the low prices there"
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The meaning of DUMBFOUND is to confound briefly and usually with astonishment. How to use dumbfound in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dumbfound.
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.
Dumbfound definition: to make speechless with amazement; astonish.. See examples of DUMBFOUND used in a sentence.
dumbfound. To strike dumb with astonishment; amaze Also (archaic): dumbfounder, dumfounder.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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. was at first too dumbfounded to reply.
us / ˈdʌmˌfɑʊn·dɪd, dʌmˈfɑʊn- / Add to word list. so shocked and surprised that you cannot speak: Ray is dumbfounded at the questions.
dumbfound - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
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Definition of dumbfound verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
us / ˈdʌmˌfɑʊn·dɪd, dʌmˈfɑʊn- / Add to word list. so shocked and surprised that you cannot speak: Ray is dumbfounded at the questions.
