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dumbfound definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me-- I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]

Merriam Webster's

also dumfound transitive verb Etymology: dumb + -found (as in confound) Date: 1653 to confound briefly and usually with astonishment Synonyms: see puzzle • dumbfoundingly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (also dumfound) strike dumb; confound; nonplus. Etymology: DUMB, CONFOUND

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(dumbfounds, dumbfounding, dumbfounded) If someone or something dumbfounds you, they surprise you very much. This suggestion dumbfounded Joe. = astonish VERB: V n

Moby Thesaurus

amaze, astonish, astound, awe, awestrike, bedaze, bedazzle, bewilder, boggle, bowl down, bowl over, choke, choke off, confound, confuse, daze, dazzle, dumbfounder, flabbergast, floor, gag, hush, hush-hush, muffle, muzzle, nonplus, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, put to silence, quiet, quieten, shock, shush, shut down on, silence, soft-pedal, squash, squelch, stagger, startle, stifle, still, strike dead, strike dumb, strike with wonder, stun, stupefy, surprise, throttle