dumbfoundment

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My follow-up question would have probably been, "What is the proper context for your statement, and I quote, '...'" in which the ellipsis represents twenty seconds of silent dumbfoundment, but that's beside the point.

Jan Brewer: No More Debates For Me 2010
If you could see my face, you would see shock, dumbfoundment, and disgust.

Technology Snake Oil Part 8: Service Pack Shell Game Neal Ford 2006
If you could see my face, you would see shock, dumbfoundment, and disgust.

Archive 2006-08-01 Neal Ford 2006
How often the books pit solipsist against solipsist, to see who dawns on who first: Distracted by their respective idées fixes, they run in ever tighter circles, their conversation sputtering and finally short-circuiting in mutual dumbfoundment.

I can't go on, I'll go on 2004
The source of their fascination and dumbfoundment was deeply scarred.

The Dig Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1995
He stood at the rail, fending-pole in his hands, and stared in dumbfoundment.

With a Single Spell Watt-Evans, Lawrence, 1954- 1987
"Why -- why --" But for a moment his utter dumbfoundment paralyzed his speech.

Children of the Whirlwind Leroy Scott 1902