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Antonyms for dumbfoundeddumb·found·ed

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  1. dumbfoundedadjective

    Synonyms:
    surprised, shocked, stunned, speechless, astonished, flabbergasted, confounded, astounded, perplexed, amazed

  2. dumbfoundedadjective

    shocked and speechless.

    Synonyms:
    stunned, amazed, speechless, flabbergasted, confounded, astounded, shocked, astonished, surprised, perplexed

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 3 votes

  1. dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, dumbstrickenadjective

    as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise

    "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion"

    Antonyms:
    unsurprised, not surprised

    Synonyms:
    thunderstruck, stupefied, flabbergasted, dumfounded, stupid(p), stunned, dazed, dumbstricken, dumbstruck

How to use dumbfounded in a sentence?

  1. Korean War veteran Quehl:

    I was dumbfounded, I really was, i think it's exciting that people are trying to do this. It's a good thing.

  2. Gabrielle Rose:

    I'm dumbfounded as to why the government would deny George Newhouse the opportunity to be with George Newhouse family and yet at the same time, from what we've been told, they were failing to adequately care for George Newhouse, that unnecessary cruelty hastened George Newhouse decline.

  3. Leo Rosten:

    I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

  4. Charles Koch:

    It’s beneath the president, the dignity of the president, to be doing that, i was really dumbfounded. ... We expect that with Harry Reid, but I didn’t expect that from the president.

  5. Leo Rosten:

    I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe

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