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Definition of Dumbfound
1. Verb. Be a mystery or bewildering to. "The good news will dumbfound her"; "This question really stuck me"
Exact synonyms: Amaze, Baffle, Beat, Bewilder, Flummox, Get, Gravel, Mystify, Nonplus, Perplex, Pose, Puzzle, Stick, Stupefy, Vex
Specialized synonyms: Mix Up, Stump, Riddle, Elude, Escape
Generic synonyms: Bedevil, Befuddle, Confound, Confuse, Discombobulate, Fox, Fuddle, Throw
Derivative terms: Bafflement, Bewilderment, Mystery, Mystification, Mystification, Mystifier, Poser, Puzzle, Puzzlement, Puzzler, Stupefaction
Also: Puzzle Out, Puzzle Over
Specialized synonyms: Mix Up, Stump, Riddle, Elude, Escape
Generic synonyms: Bedevil, Befuddle, Confound, Confuse, Discombobulate, Fox, Fuddle, Throw
Derivative terms: Bafflement, Bewilderment, Mystery, Mystification, Mystification, Mystifier, Poser, Puzzle, Puzzlement, Puzzler, Stupefaction
Also: Puzzle Out, Puzzle Over
Definition of Dumbfound
1. Verb. To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dumbfound
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumbfound
Literary usage of Dumbfound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (1887)
"... upon the most abstruse points of the most abstruse theology, and to defend
and maintain them in such sort as to cramp and dumbfound his opponents. ..."
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