dumbfound
verb
, ˈdəm-ˌfaund\
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, ˈdəm-ˌfau̇n- \
adverb
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amaze, astonish, astound, bowl over, flabbergast, floor, rock, shock, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise (also surprize), thunderstrike
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So, when Summers intentionally moved his toes, Harkema was dumbfounded. — Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, "How a Revolutionary Technique Got People with Spinal-Cord Injuries Back on Their Feet," 7 Aug. 2019 Seth’s mother Alexis Parker said Thursday that the family is dumbfounded and excited by all the attention. — Washington Post, "Utah boy advertises ‘Ice Cold Beer’ at root beer stand," 18 July 2019 Fetzer told The Washington Post in an email he was dumbfounded by the ruling in Wisconsin. — Susan Svrluga, courant.com, "First, they lost their children. Then the conspiracy theories started. Now, the parents of Newtown are fighting back.," 9 July 2019 The other bachelors were dumbfounded, crowding around the window and wondering what in the world was going on. — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, "What Is a Box King? Unraveling 'Bachelorette' Contestant Joe Barsano's Actual Job," 14 May 2019 Some fans are dumbfounded by the news... Others are mad... — Alison Caporimo, Seventeen, "The Jonas Brothers Reunion Is Making Fans Beg One Direction To Get Back Together on Twitter," 28 Feb. 2019 The leaders of Gilead are so certain of their own rightness that they are perpetually dumbfounded and enraged that anyone could possibly disagree with them and behave in defiance. — Rena Gross, Billboard, "'The Handmaid's Tale': Season 2, Episode 6 Recap - 12 Haunting Moments From 'First Blood'," 23 May 2018 Will the new standard satisfy players, coaches and fans, who so often in the past have been dumbfounded by the league’s inability to figure out what should be one of the simplest and most straightforward rules interpretations in all of sports? — Mark Maske, The Seattle Times, "What to watch as NFL teams report to training camps," 24 July 2018 His jumps went sour in both the men’s program and the team event, and he was dumbfounded as to what went wrong. — Juliet Macur, New York Times, "Nathan Chen Gets a Different Kind of Reward," 17 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dumbfound.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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