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  • dumbfounded — adj. 1. same as {astounded}. Syn: amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, flabbergasted, stunned, stupefied, thunderstruck. [WordNet 1.5] 2. astonished and confounded. Syn: amazed, dumfounded. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dumbfounded — pp. adj. from DUMBFOUND (Cf. dumbfound) …   Etymology dictionary

  • dumbfounded  — [adj] astounded, confused agape, aghast, amazed, astonished, bamboozled*, beat, bewildered, blown away*, bowled over*, breathless, buffaloed*, confounded, dismayed, dumb, flabbergasted, floored, knocked, licked, nonplused, overcome, overwhelmed,… …   New thesaurus

  • dumbfounded — adj. 1) completely dumbfounded 2) dumbfounded at, by (dumbfounded at the news) 3) dumbfounded to + inf. (he was dumbfounded to learn that his wife had left him) * * * by (dumbfounded, at the news) completelydumbfounded dumbfoundedat dumbfounded… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • dumbfounded — [[t]dʌ̱mfa͟ʊndɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If you are dumbfounded, you are extremely surprised by something. I stood there dumbfounded, scarcely able to believe the evidence of my senses. Syn: astonished …   English dictionary

  • dumbfounded — UK [dʌmˈfaʊndɪd] / US [dʌmˈfaʊndəd] adjective so surprised that you do not know what to do or say Derived word: dumbfound verb transitive Word forms dumbfound : present tense I/you/we/they dumbfound he/she/it dumbfounds present participle… …   English dictionary

  • dumbfounded — dumb|found|ed [dʌmˈfaundıd] adj extremely surprised ▪ He was completely dumbfounded by the incident. >dumbfound v [T] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • dumbfounded — adjective so surprised that you are confused and cannot speak: Victor stared dumbfounded as the woman continued to scream abuse at him …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • dumbfounded — dumbfound, dumbfounded meaning ‘to nonplus’ and ‘nonplussed’, are formed on dumb and confound and should be spelt with a b …   Modern English usage

  • dumbfounded — adjective as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion • Syn:… …   Useful english dictionary

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