Definitions for dumbfounded
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1. dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, dumbstrickenadjective

   as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise

   "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion"

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1. dumbfoundedadjective

   shocked and speechless.

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1. dumbfounded

   Dumbfounded refers to being greatly astonished or amazed, often to the point of being temporarily speechless or confused.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dumbfounded in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dumbfounded in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of dumbfounded in a Sentence

1. Korean War veteran Quehl:

   I was dumbfounded, I really was, i think it's exciting that people are trying to do this. It's a good thing.

2. Leo Rosten:

   I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

3. Freya Harrison:

   I still can't quite believe how well this 1,000-year-old antibiotic actually seems to be working, when we got the first results we were just utterly dumbfounded. We did not see this coming at all.

4. Harold Racine:

   I was shocked, really, i was kind of dumbfounded.

5. Karoly Fonyo:

   Naturally we expect a legal procedure, both of those two (Simon and Dederick) had prior knowledge of (my) acquisition (when they sold TV2 to Vajna). I am as dumbfounded as anyone.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dumbfounded
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dumbfounded
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=dumbfounded