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Definition of Dumfounded
1. Adjective. As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise. "Was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion"
Similar to: Surprised
Definition of Dumfounded
1. Adjective. Shocked and speechless. ¹
2. Verb. (past of dumfound) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dumfounded
1. dumfound [v] - See also: dumfound
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumfounded
Literary usage of Dumfounded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
""L'Esprit sur les Lois" would mean "The Scope upon Laws ;" in other words, it
would be meaningless. jest of the Englishman who dumfounded his landlady by ..."
2. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... disconcerted 1. dumfounded), embarrass, make . . abashed, abash, discountenance,
discomfit; take .. aback, strike .. all of a heap; ..."
3. Schools and Studies by Burke Aaron Hinsdale (1884)
"The dumfounded teacher was more dumfounded when the pupil, in vindication of his
sentence, said, " A capillary is a small vessel. ..."
4. The Psychology of Nursing by Aileen Cleveland Higgins (1921)
"TYLTYL: (dumfounded.) Some of my other "Me's"? LIGHT: Yes, what I mean is that
you are ... TYLTYL: (More and more dumfounded.) I am not alone inside myself? ..."
5. If I Were King by Justin Huntly McCarthy (1902)
"the astonished soldier bent the knee in homage. Villon, staring, dumfounded,
caught the humour of / the situation and could not hold his tongue. ..."
6. Fair Play: A Clean Honest Statement of the Railroad and Transportation Situation by Frederick S Mordaunt, Toll Stern, Dorothy O'Reilly Aniol (1911)
"The mass of antiquated railway scandal will not be used here for the purpose of
making people lay aside the magazine to say: 'Well, I'm dumfounded. ..."
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