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
"Ye dumbfounder me, Mike Flannery," said Mrs. Muldoon.
From Mike Flannery On Duty and Off by Ellis Parker Butler
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
