dumbfound
verb (used with object)
to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
have dumbfounded
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present perfectof dumbfound.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Digbeth is now cool - in a gritty sort of way - and is covered in cartoonish street art that would have dumbfounded the original Peaky Blinders.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2019
Despite winning early admirers, many doubted that he would maintain his hands-on strategy, but so far he seems to have dumbfounded his critics.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2016
The only argument, the only one that the wit of man or the stress of politics has devised is one that would have dumbfounded Solomon, because he thought there was nothing new under the sun.
From Public Speaking by Irvah Lester Winter
The earl's ready wit seems to have dumbfounded his accusers, who were not unnaturally indignant at so unlocked for a result.
From The Story of Ireland by Emily Lawless
With that the whole rout turned upon me with a shout and a chattering that would have dumbfounded the shrillest tongue in the whole hundred—the mill-wheel was nothing to it.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
