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dumb⋅found

  [duhm-found, duhm-found]
Use dumbfound in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
Also, dumb⋅found⋅er.

Origin:
1645–55; dumb + (con)found

Related forms:
dumb⋅found⋅er⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
amaze, confound, astound, stagger.
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dumb·found also dum·found   (dŭm'found')   
tr.v.   dumb·found·ed also dum·found·ed, dumb·found·ing also dum·found·ing, dumb·founds also dum·founds
To fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound. See Synonyms at surprise.

[dumb + (con)found.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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