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Dumbfound

August 10, 2022

dumbfound also dumfound

dumb-found / dŭm-found

verb 1. to perplex with amazement; to confound; to shock and leave speechless It's not easy to dumbfound a New Yorker. Taehee Kim, “Just Another Day on the Sidewalks of New York”, ‘Smithsonian Magazine’, May 1997 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ dumbfounded dumb-found-ed / dŭm-found-ĕd adjective 1. astonished; surprised; amazed I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe. Leo Rosten, 1908 – 1997
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