dumfounded

3 definitions found

dumfounded - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dumfound \Dum"found`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dumfounded; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Dumfounding.]
     To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also
     dumbfound.] --Spectator.
     [1913 Webster]

  dumfounded \dumfounded\ adj.
     same as dumbfounded.
  
     Syn: amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, flabbergasted,
          stunned, stupefied, thunderstruck.
          [WordNet 1.5]

dumfounded - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dumfounded
      adj 1: 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" [syn: dumbfounded, dumfounded,
             flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck,
             dumbstruck, dumbstricken]