dumbfound
verb (used with object)
to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
dumbfounder,
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a variation of
dumbfound.
Example Sentences
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I know nothing but love would ever dumbfounder you in this way; why, child, have you lost your tongue?
From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by William Gilmore Simms
My uncle, sir, on that never-to-be-forgotten occasion when I shed the light of my countenance on his tiger-hunt, he put the tiger to dumbfounder and flight--how, sir?
From Settlers and Scouts by Herbert Strang
"Ye dumbfounder me, Mike Flannery," said Mrs. Muldoon.
From Mike Flannery On Duty and Off by Ellis Parker Butler
