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Definition of "dumfounded" [dumfounded]

  • Shocked and speechless. (adjective)
  • Simple past tense and past participle of dumfound. (verb)

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Use "dumfounded" in a sentence
  • "Holt was astonished -- "dumfounded" is the word that he used in telling it -- yet seems to have retained a certain intelligent curiosity."
  • ""We were kind of dumfounded by what happened," Christian Delisio, the suspect's second cousin, said of the judge's decision yesterday."
  • "They are going to be just as dumfounded and confused and I am after hearing her babble on and on sounding as dumb as ever."