dumbfound en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
Blend of dumb + confound.
Meanings
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(transitive) To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.
A bunch of nice, middle-class women debated on how to "rescue" prostitutes from their "terrible" fate. By invitation, the conference was attended by a number of prostitutes, who dumbfounded those nice, bourgeois ladies by making it clear that they had no desire whatever to be "rescued"
1989 December 3, Franklin Kameny, “Prostitution: Good, Right, And Desirable”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 21, page 5:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dumbfounds | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| dumfound | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dumbfounded | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dumbfounded | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| dumbfounding | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
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Translations (22)
hy շշմեցնել (to confuse and bewilder) · mi whakahanepī (to confuse and bewilder) · it sbigottire (to confuse and bewilder) · fi mykistää (to confuse and bewilder) · es dejar boquiabierto (to confuse and bewilder) · io surprizegar (to confuse and bewilder) · bg смайвам (to confuse and bewilder) · hy ապշեցնել (to confuse and bewilder) · gl abouxar (to confuse and bewilder) · pl odbierać mowę (to confuse and bewilder) · fi lyödä ällikällä (to confuse and bewilder) · ru ошарашивать (to confuse and bewilder) · bg слисвам (to confuse and bewilder) · fr abasourdir (to confuse and bewilder) · pl odebrać mowę (to confuse and bewilder) · la obstupefaciō (to confuse and bewilder) · da lamslå (to confuse and bewilder) · pt pasmar (to confuse and bewilder) · es dejar pasmado (to confuse and bewilder) · ru ошеломлять (to confuse and bewilder) · da forbløffe (to confuse and bewilder) · nl verstomd doen staan (to confuse and bewilder)