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dumbfounded

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verb

variants also dumfounded
past tense of dumbfound

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumbfounded
Adjective
  • Members of the committee were shocked, according to one Congressional staffer, a former USAID OIG official and a source familiar with the USAID OIG’s operations.
    Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • Before the lights dimmed, Breezy could be seen moving in towards the visibly shocked fan, where his lips and tongue met her skin.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • Don’t be surprised, however, if the Penguins trade other draft picks for the sake of moving up in the draft or acquiring NHL-ready players.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 17 June 2025
  • Amy isn’t surprised her sister’s memory sometimes differed.
    Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • For the coveted shoot, the Olympic athlete stunned in a variety of looks.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • However, most were stunned at Dawn's story.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Ben Brown is amazed by the energy Crow-Armstrong brings daily.
    Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • Viewers on YouTube were amazed by the poster's finds, as well as the dresser itself.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Arriving onstage hours late, Stone regaled the astonished crowd with a diatribe against Jerry Goldstein, his manager since the early ’90s.
    Chris Morris, Variety, 9 June 2025
  • The car accident on the interstate was minor, Mr. Starr said, with no injuries or damage, perhaps caused by astonished drivers rubbernecking.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Tornado is a bewildered Japanese girl (played by pop singer Kôki) who fights off a horde of white men, thieving gold vagabonds who represent both Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Celtic ancestry.
    Armond White, National Review, 4 June 2025
  • After staying at the shelter, Caboose eventually underwent surgery to get spayed and get their hernia repaired, but that's when doctors found something that left them bewildered.
    Nicholas Rice, People.com, 24 May 2025
Adjective
  • Indiana State Police Troopers Amanda Parker and Jaylen Holt-Terry took their plates and sat off to the side Tuesday afternoon, awed by the history in the room.
    Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
  • The magazine saw itself as literary but not self-serious; if the stereotypical National Geographic story was a walk through the jungle recounted in hushed, awed tones, its Outside equivalent was a little dustier, wilder, and less reverent.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Dumbfounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumbfounded. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.

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