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Definition of Dumbfounded
1. Adjective. As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise. "Was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion"
Similar to: Surprised
Definition of Dumbfounded
1. Adjective. shocked and speechless. ¹
2. Verb. (past of ''dumbfound'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dumbfounded
1. dumbfound [v] - See also: dumbfound
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumbfounded
Literary usage of Dumbfounded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... (who, by-the-way, never drinks spirituous liquors, always confining his
libations to beer) looked dumbfounded at the gyrations of Ыз friends. ..."
2. The Annals of Our Time: A Diurnal of Events, Social and Political, Home and by Joseph Irving (1880)
"He asked his hearers to picture to themselves the wild Irishman, the flery
Frenchman, the assassinating Italian, and the dumbfounded Spaniard all going out ..."
3. The Making of Herbert Hoover by Rose Wilder Lane (1920)
"fessor Swain, a big man with a warm, kindly manner, was encouraging, but the
questions he asked appalled Bert. The boy sat dumbfounded before a problem in ..."
4. Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, Terms & Nursery Rhymes by John Bellenden Ker (1840)
"They had like to have dumbfounded the Justice, but " his Clerk came into his
assistance." Spectator. PIPING-HOT; seems, Pye'p ..."
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