dumfounding
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8.4
- adjective
- /ˈdʌmˌfaʊndɪŋ/
- The magician’s final trick was so dumfounding that the audience sat in stunned silence.
Examples
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Her dumfounding performance left the audience speechless.
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Witnessing the northern lights for the first time was a truly dumfounding experience.
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Her dumfounding discovery changed the way scientists viewed the phenomenon.
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The magician's trick was truly dumfounding.
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The magician’s final trick was so dumfounding that the audience sat in stunned silence.
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Witnessing the northern lights for the first time was a truly dumfounding experience.
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Her dumfounding discovery changed the way scientists viewed the phenomenon.
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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7.5
Very surprising and hard to understand because it is unusual
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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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7.7
Making people confused and things hard to understand
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7.3
Causing someone to feel confused
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7.5
Causing someone to be unable to speak because they are very surprised
Antonyms
How Astonishing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dumfounding comes from joining dumb ('silent') and found (an old word meaning 'to strike' or 'surprise'). So, to dumfound someone is to 'strike them silent', which is why it means something so amazing that a person cannot speak.