dumbfound
verb
dumb·found
ˌdəm-ˈfau̇nd 
ˈdəm-ˌfaund
variants
or less commonly dumfound
dumbfounded also dumfounded; dumbfounding also dumfounding; dumbfounds also dumfounds
: to confound (see confound sense 1) briefly and usually with astonishment
were dumbfounded at what they saw
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the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader
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An American visionary, Anderson embraces his bourgeois adolescence with poetic accuracy: a boy floating forward to give help; a girl raising her hand to ask a question; a general revealing his ethnically specific history; everyone dumbfounded by an extraterrestrial’s appearance.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 June 2023
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 27 June 2023
The doctors must certainly have been impressed, even dumbfounded, given their diagnosis.
—Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
Credit: Everett Collection Sox in Lightyear Sohn as Sox, the cat-like personal companion robot for Chris Evans' Buzz Lightyear, became the unexpected standout of this 2022 movie — which still dumbfounds Sohn a bit to this day.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 June 2023
An American visionary, Anderson embraces his bourgeois adolescence with poetic accuracy: a boy floating forward to give help; a girl raising her hand to ask a question; a general revealing his ethnically specific history; everyone dumbfounded by an extraterrestrial’s appearance.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 June 2023
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“Dumbfound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumbfound. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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dumbfound
verb
dumb·found
variants
also dumfound
: to cause to become speechless with astonishment : amaze
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