dumbfound

[US]/dʌmˈfaʊnd/
[UK]/dʌmˈfaʊnd/

Translation

v. to astonish or amaze someone to the extent that they are unable to speak or react

Example Sentences

She was dumbfounded by the terrible news.

she was dumbfounded at the sight that met her eyes.

Don't tell me without a doubt this dumbfound luck has all run out.

His denial that he had witnessed the accident dumbfounded me.

I've seen more than a few hives throwing off a swarm, and never has one failed to transfix me utterly, or to dumbfound everyone else within sight of it.

Her sudden resignation dumbfounded her colleagues.

The magician's disappearing act left the audience dumbfounded.

The complexity of the situation dumbfounded even the experts.

The unexpected plot twist in the movie dumbfounded the viewers.

His sudden outburst of anger dumbfounded everyone in the room.

The news of her promotion dumbfounded her coworkers.

The scale of the natural disaster dumbfounded the entire nation.

The teacher's unexpected announcement dumbfounded the students.

The sudden change in weather dumbfounded the meteorologists.

The discovery of a new species in the jungle dumbfounded the researchers.

Real-world Examples

His sudden appearance, alive, at a press conference dumbfounded his grieving friends and colleagues.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

He turned to talk to someone about an old college friend, cutting me off completely, and I stood there dumbfounded.

Source: Flowers for Algernon

I guess maybe because I was dumbfounded by the way it was going.

Source: Serial

Julien wanted to laugh, and stood there dumbfounded.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

Julien was dumbfounded with admiration for so fine a ceremony.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

It dumbfounds me how the word " refugee" is considered something to be dirty, something to be ashamed of.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) June 2017 Collection

He soon created a general sensation, as some uttered a cry of indignation, and others were dumbfounded with astonishment.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

Kuldeep Singh Brar who's now retired, said he was dumbfounded by allegations that British Special Forces had advised on the operation to remove Sikh separatists from the Temple.

Source: BBC Listening January 2014 Collection

In January, it dumbfounded netizens by introducing a new product completely unrelated to its expertise, luosifen, a rice noodle product that is arguably one of the most talked-about Chinese street foods and which has many young fans.

Source: Selected English short passages

The collective “we” are dumbfounded that people still drive drunk, so I’ll sum it up like this. If you drive drunk, you — simply put — are a shortsighted, utterly useless, oxygen-wasting human form of pollution, a Darwin award-deserving, selfish coward.

Source: Anecdotes of celebrities

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