Usually means: Astonished to the point of speechlessness.
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  1. dumfounded: Merriam-Webster
  2. dumfounded: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dumfounded: Vocabulary.com
  4. Dumfounded, dumfounded: Wordnik
  5. dumfounded: Wiktionary
  6. Dumfounded, dumfounded: Dictionary.com
  7. Dumfounded: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. dumfounded: Rhymezone
  9. Dumfounded: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. dumfounded: FreeDictionary.org
  11. dumfounded: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. dumfounded: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. dumfounded: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Dumfounded)

▸ adjective:  Misspelling of dumbfounded. [Shocked and speechless.]
▸ verb:  Misspelling of dumbfounded.

Similar:
flabbergasted, stupefied, surprised, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, bewildered, aghast, perplexed, baffled, puzzled, more...

Opposite:
astounded, unsurprised, expectant, aware, knowledgeable

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Similar:
flabbergasted, stupefied, surprised, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, bewildered, aghast, perplexed, baffled, puzzled, more...

Opposite:
astounded, unsurprised, expectant, aware, knowledgeable



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