Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound. synonym: surprise.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See dumfound, dumfounder.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb same as dumfound.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb be a mystery or bewildering to

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[dumb + (con)found.]

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Examples

  • My guess is that harold has a low "dumbfound" threshold ...

    Sound Politics: Ballot measure policy briefs 2006

  • (I am not sure about this I think the only thing that might 'dumbfound' Australians is a rise in interest rates.

    newmatilda.com - Comments 2009

  • (I am not sure about this I think the only thing that might 'dumbfound' Australians is a rise in interest rates.

    newmatilda.com - Comments 2009

  • Unfortunately, most political systems dumbfound and dumb-down the masses and castrate the power of the people.

    Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.: The Transformation of Social Life Ph.D. Kingsley Dennis 2011

  • Unfortunately, most political systems dumbfound and dumb-down the masses and castrate the power of the people.

    Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.: The Transformation of Social Life Ph.D. Kingsley Dennis 2011

  • Start taking Penis Enlarge Patch and dumbfound her with your size.

    Matthew Yglesias » A Stimulus Plan in Case We Ever Get Really Desperate and Insane 2009

  • Despite the many heinous acts of extortion, revenge and intimidation that Keshari had seen in action over the years, it never ceased to dumbfound her the kinds of things that Ricky and those he employed could pull off and get away with.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • Despite the many heinous acts of extortion, revenge and intimidation that Keshari had seen in action over the years, it never ceased to dumbfound her the kinds of things that Ricky and those he employed could pull off and get away with.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • Despite the many heinous acts of extortion, revenge and intimidation that Keshari had seen in action over the years, it never ceased to dumbfound her the kinds of things that Ricky and those he employed could pull off and get away with.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • Colin went on to dumbfound the poor copper telling him that he (Colin) was on the relevant council committee and he knew about these things.

    A tribute to Colin Rosenstiel 2009

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