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dumbfounded
[ duhm-foun-did, duhm-foun- ]
adjective
- speechless with amazement; astonished or showing astonishment:
I smiled at the dumbfounded look on their faces as their eyes widened and their mouths fell slack.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of dumbfound ( def ).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dumbfounded1
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Example Sentences
On Thursday, a woman who answered the phone there was dumbfounded as to why someone would be asking about the case.
But I was dumbfounded to get hit up by a federal agency with an annual budget of $750 million.
I was devastated the first time I was deleted, and dumbfounded each time thereafter.
Tirico stood there dumbfounded, and the woman turned and left the soiree.
In the final moments, however, LeBron hits a game-winning three-pointer, and Cooke can only stare dumbfounded.
The door was open, and the woman and the child stood dumbfounded and overwhelmed in a scene of incredible desolation.
I think even Dr. Hudson was dumbfounded; we had not expected unconditional surrender.
The crafty captain sat for a moment quite dumbfounded; but he could bear it no longer.
For a moment I was as dumbfounded as the bridegroom who discovers a plait of hair on his brides dressing table.
The countess looked up at her husband, quite dumbfounded, and he seemed rather distressed himself.
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