dumbfounding
- adjective
- /ˈdʌmˌfaʊndɪŋ/
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asombroso
- The magician's final trick was so dumbfounding that the audience sat in silence, unable to believe their eyes.
It's dumbfounding that we can be this myopic.
- It's dumbfounding that we can be this myopic.
Examples
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After hearing the shocking news, she felt dumbfounding disbelief wash over her.
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And to top it all off, I had the dumbfounding discovery I don't know how to dance.
Blog text (13) -
It's dumbfounding that we can be this myopic.
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OK, So what really happened is dumbfounding almost is that a so-called amicrine cell.
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But I didn't move because, more dumbfounding to me than the accident itself, my father acted as though it weren't happening.
Fiction book (1990) -
His dumbfounding ability to solve complex puzzles left everyone speechless.
Synonyms
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4.1
So surprising and impressive that you feel amazed
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7.0
Very surprising or hard to understand
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6.4
Hard to understand and causing confusion
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6.7
Making people feel confused because it is hard to understand
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5.2
Causing a lot of confusion and making things hard to understand
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7.3
Causing someone to feel confused
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7.5
Very surprising and hard to understand because it is unusual
So surprising that you cannot speak
Antonyms
How Astonishing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dumbfounding comes from dumb ('silent') and an old use of found meaning 'to make', as in confound. That's why something dumbfounding 'makes people silent' and leaves them speechless with surprise.