dumbfound
verb (used with object)
to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
dumfounderment
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a word derived from
dumbfound.
Example Sentences
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My eyes must have almost dropped from my head, but as soon as I recovered from my dumfounderment I grew amazed at the great intellect of this man.
From The O'Ruddy A Romance by C. D. (Charles D.) Williams
"Then I can guess his mission without another word from you," I cried, after a little dumfounderment.
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro
Later, recalling the tableau, which lasted but a moment, it occurred to Jane that two men, suddenly confronted by a bottomless pit, might have expressed their dumfounderment in exactly this fashion.
From The Pagan Madonna by W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef) Koerner
