DUMBFOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dumbfound mean? 

• DUMBFOUND (verb)
  The verb DUMBFOUND has 1 sense:

1. be a mystery or bewildering to

  Familiarity information: DUMBFOUND used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUMBFOUND (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they dumbfound    ... he / she / it dumbfounds   
Past simple: dumbfounded   
Past participle: dumbfounded   
-ing form: dumbfounding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be a mystery or bewildering to

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

amaze; baffle; beat; bewilder; dumbfound; flummox; get; gravel; mystify; nonplus; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; stupefy; vex

Context example:

This question really stuck me

Hypernyms (to "dumbfound" is one way to...):

bedevil; befuddle; confound; confuse; discombobulate; fox; fuddle; throw (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dumbfound"):

mix up; stump (cause to be perplexed or confounded)

riddle (set a difficult problem or riddle)

elude; escape (be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

The bad news will dumbfound him
The good news will dumbfound her