adj
Meaning 1
Shocked and speechless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dumbfounded
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verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of dumbfound
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, dumbstricken
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ապշած (apšac) — shocked and speechless
- Chinese Mandarin: 驚呆 /惊呆 (jīngdāi) — shocked and speechless
- Chinese Mandarin: 愣住 (lèngzhù) — shocked and speechless
- Chinese Mandarin: 目瞪口呆 (mùdèngkǒudāi) — shocked and speechless
- Chinese Mandarin: 呆若木雞 /呆若木鸡 (dāiruòmùjī) — shocked and speechless
- Czech: zaražený — shocked and speechless
- Czech: ohromený — shocked and speechless
- Danish: målløs — shocked and speechless
- Dutch: verbijsterd — shocked and speechless
- Dutch: stupéfait — shocked and speechless
- Dutch: verbouwereerd — shocked and speechless
- Dutch: perplex — shocked and speechless
- Dutch: onthutst — shocked and speechless
- Dutch: stomverbaasd — shocked and speechless
- Finnish: sanaton — shocked and speechless
- Finnish: mykistynyt — shocked and speechless
- French: stupéfait — shocked and speechless
- French: éberlué — shocked and speechless
- French: abasourdi — shocked and speechless
- French: ahuri — shocked and speechless
- French: choqué — shocked and speechless
- German: entgeistert — shocked and speechless
- German: verdutzt — shocked and speechless
- Italian: stupito — shocked and speechless
- Italian: stupefatto — shocked and speechless
- Italian: attonito — shocked and speechless
- Italian: sorpreso — shocked and speechless
- Italian: sbalordito — shocked and speechless
- Italian: senza parole — shocked and speechless
- Japanese: 呆然 (bōzen) — shocked and speechless
- Japanese: 口あんぐり (kuchi-anguri) — shocked and speechless
- Malay: teruja — shocked and speechless
- Māori: hanepī — shocked and speechless
- Occitan: estabosit — shocked and speechless
- Occitan: esterlucat — shocked and speechless
- Occitan: estup — shocked and speechless
- Occitan: bèfi — shocked and speechless
- Persian: مدهوش (madhuš) — shocked and speechless
- Polish: oniemiały — shocked and speechless
- Polish: osłupiały — shocked and speechless
- Portuguese: estarrecido — shocked and speechless
- Russian: ошеломлённый (ošelomljónnyj) — shocked and speechless
- Russian: огоро́шенный (ogoróšennyj) — shocked and speechless
- Russian: ошара́шенный (ošarášennyj) — shocked and speechless
- Spanish: estupefacto — shocked and speechless
- Spanish: atónito — shocked and speechless
- Spanish: picueto — shocked and speechless
- Spanish: a cuadros — shocked and speechless
- Swedish: mållös — shocked and speechless
- Thai: ตะลึง (dtà-lʉng) — shocked and speechless
- Thai: ตกตะลึง — shocked and speechless
- Thai: อึ้ง (ʉ̂ng) — shocked and speechless
- Thai: อ้ําอึ้ง — shocked and speechless
- Thai: นิ่งอึ้ง — shocked and speechless
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