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Dumfounded Moderate

Dumfounded has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of dumfound

Adjective
1

as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise

"a circle of policemen stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"

"the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"

"was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion"

2

Shocked and speechless.

Example Sentences
"a circle of policemen stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident" adjective
"the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless" adjective
"was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion" adjective
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Rhyming Words
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