Dumbfounded can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| dumbfounded - 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" | ||
Verb |
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| dumbfound - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" |
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| 1. | adj. | A circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident. | |
| 2. | adj. | When I heard it, I was dumbfounded. | |
| 3. | adj. | When he heard the news, he was dumbfounded. | |
| 4. | adj. | I was totally dumbfounded. | |
| 5. | adj. | I am dumbfounded. | |
| 6. | adj. | Tom is dumbfounded. | |
| 7. | adj. | Tom looks dumbfounded. | |
| 8. | adj. | The man stood there, dumbfounded. | |
| 9. | adj. | They were dumbfounded by the news of his resignation. | |
| 10. | adj. | When he told me that, I was dumbfounded. | |
| 11. | adj. | Tom was dumbfounded. | |
| 12. | adj. | We were dumbfounded. | |
| 13. | adj. | Tom was so dumbfounded that he couldn't say anything. | |
| 14. | adj. | I was dumbfounded. | |
| 15. | adj. | Never before have I been so dumbfounded by a simple remark. |
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| adj. | |
| A circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident. |
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| When I heard it, I was dumbfounded. | |
| When he heard the news, he was dumbfounded. | |
| I was totally dumbfounded. | |
| I am dumbfounded. | |
| Tom is dumbfounded. | |
| Tom looks dumbfounded. | |
| The man stood there, dumbfounded. | |
| They were dumbfounded by the news of his resignation. | |
| When he told me that, I was dumbfounded. | |
| Tom was dumbfounded. | |
| We were dumbfounded. | |
| Tom was so dumbfounded that he couldn't say anything. | |
| I was dumbfounded. | |
| Never before have I been so dumbfounded by a simple remark. | |