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dumbfounded
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dumbfounded
(adjective)
dumbfounded
/ˌdʌm
ˈ
faʊndəd/
adjective
dumbfounded
/ˌdʌm
ˈ
faʊndəd/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of DUMBFOUNDED
[
more dumbfounded; most dumbfounded
]
:
very shocked or surprised
We were
dumbfounded
at what we saw.
I was
dumbfounded
to hear that she resigned.
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— dumbfound
/ˌdʌm
ˈ
faʊnd/
verb
dumbfounds
;
dumbfounded
;
dumbfounding
[
+ object
]
It
dumbfounded
me to hear that she had resigned.
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