Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dumfounded"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dumfound \Dum"found`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumfounded}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Dumfounding}.]
To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also
{dumbfound}.] --Spectator.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dumfounded
adj : as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle
of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having
seem the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were
speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his
promotion" [syn: {dumbfounded}, {flabbergasted}, {stupefied},
{thunderstruck}]
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