dumbfound
verb (used with object)
to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
dumbfounderment
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a word derived from
dumbfound.
Example Sentences
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Rosemary was silent for a moment from sheer dumbfounderment.
From Rainbow Valley by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Then moving uncertainly toward him, she said, "Monsieur Duchemin!" not loudly, for she was not a woman to give excuse for a scene under any circumstances, but in a tone of complete dumbfounderment.
From The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance
