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. Gabrielle Rose:

   I'm dumbfounded as to why the government would deny George Newhouse the opportunity to be with George Newhouse family and yet at the same time, from what we've been told, they were failing to adequately care for George Newhouse, that unnecessary cruelty hastened George Newhouse decline.

2. Harold Racine:

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

3. 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.

4. Leo Rosten:

   I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe

5. Dan Howell:

   I was dumbfounded, i thought: ‘how could this happen in a state that has voted by more than 80 percent to define marriage as between one man and one woman’?

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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