dumbfounds

variants also dumfounds
present tense third-person singular of dumbfound

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumbfounds
Verb
  • You’re pitched an offer that surprises you as Venus and Jupiter harmonize.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Japanese Walking Focuses on Effort, Not Step Count What surprises me most is how differently IWT frames the idea of progress.
    Marisa McMillan, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Instead of pulling himself up, Red Hood shocks the hero with a hand buzzer and falls into the chemicals.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Customers spend an average of $30 to $40 on costumes and $10 to $20 on joke or gag items, like a doughnut with a roach attached to the bottom, or a fake car fob that shocks the hand.
    Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What amazes me is how the same film sparks such different conversations, depending on the room.
    Eitan Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Remus, who is now 5, amazes his family by reading books on his own, a development which Whittenburg attributes in part to the Imagination Library.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • His work astonishes and moves people far beyond the fashion bubble to this day.
    WWD Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
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