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- noun The property of being
dumbfounded ;amazement .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Although the continuity of each being’s individual basis rigpa is unstained, with no beginning and no end, there is also a beginningless factor, called dumbfoundedness (rmongs-cha – stupidity, bedazzlement), that automatically arises simultaneously (lhan-skyes) with each moment of cognition.
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Since then many turn to this therapeutic website for catharsis, therapy, or just a good laugh; while others use it as their forum to voice their anger, shock, and dumbfoundedness at some of the people that exist in this world.
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Since then many turn to this therapeutic website for catharsis, therapy, or just a good laugh; while others use it as their forum to voice their anger, shock, and dumbfoundedness at some of the people that exist in this world.
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I stole a glance at him, and found him staring at me with an expression of complete dumbfoundedness.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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Some of us are staring at that reality (and the contents of our wallets) with a kind of dumbfoundedness.
Alex Pasternack: A Holiday Is a Terrible Thing to Waste 2009
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I swell with a mix of pride and dumbfoundedness at my good fortune.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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I swell with a mix of pride and dumbfoundedness at my good fortune.
Exultate Justi 2008
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Read warning label carefully before installing the beta: "Side-effects include awesomeness, dumbfoundedness, dry mouth and lava."
Boing Boing: December 18, 2005 - December 24, 2005 Archives 2005
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Because of dumbfoundedness, rigpa does not recognize its own face and, consequently, it is not operational.
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Presently, rigpa is obscured by fleeting stains and flowing together with an automatically arising (lhan-skyes) factor of dumbfoundedness (rmongs-cha, stupidity, bedazzlement).
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