英:[ˌdʌm'faʊnd]
美:[ˌdʌm'faʊnd]
英:[ˌdʌm'faʊnd]
美:[ˌdʌm'faʊnd]
verb
transitive verb
to confound (see confound sense 1) briefly and usually with astonishment
were dumbfounded at what they saw
dumb + -found (as in confound)
The first known use of dumbfound was in 1653
dummy1 of 2noun
a person who lacks or seems to lack the power of speech
a stupid person
an imitation used as a substitute for something: as
mannequin sense 2
a large puppet usually having movable features (as mouth and arms) controlled by a ventriloquist
the bridge hand of the partner of the player who wins the bid that is placed face up and played by the bid winner
a bridge player whose hand is a dummy
dummy2 of 2adjective
having the appearance of being real but lacking ability to function
dummy hinges for ornament
existing in name only : fictitious
a dummy corporation
dummy1 of 2noun
a person who lacks or seems to lack the power of speech
a stupid person
an imitation used as a substitute for something: as
mannequin sense 2
a large puppet usually having movable features (as mouth and arms) controlled by a ventriloquist
the bridge hand of the partner of the player who wins the bid that is placed face up and played by the bid winner
a bridge player whose hand is a dummy
dummy2 of 2adjective
having the appearance of being real but lacking ability to function
dummy hinges for ornament
existing in name only : fictitious
a dummy corporation
dummy1 of 2noun
a person who lacks or seems to lack the power of speech
a stupid person
an imitation used as a substitute for something: as
mannequin sense 2
a large puppet usually having movable features (as mouth and arms) controlled by a ventriloquist
the bridge hand of the partner of the player who wins the bid that is placed face up and played by the bid winner
a bridge player whose hand is a dummy
dummy2 of 2adjective
having the appearance of being real but lacking ability to function
dummy hinges for ornament
existing in name only : fictitious
a dummy corporation
dumbfoundverb
to cause to become speechless with astonishment : amaze
1 the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader
2 Siri’s Guide for Newbie Farmers To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video This implausible performance dumbfounded many Americans, like Carol Foyler, who resides in Akron, Ohio.
3 The doctors must certainly have been impressed, even dumbfounded, given their diagnosis.
4 Credit: Everett Collection Sox in Lightyear Sohn as Sox, the cat-like personal companion robot for Chris Evans' Buzz Lightyear, became the unexpected standout of this 2022 movie — which still dumbfounds Sohn a bit to this day.
5 An American visionary, Anderson embraces his bourgeois adolescence with poetic accuracy: a boy floating forward to give help; a girl raising her hand to ask a question; a general revealing his ethnically specific history; everyone dumbfounded by an extraterrestrial’s appearance.
6 Photographs of Nahapetian at the film’s premiere dumbfounded a fair number of social media users, who had also mistaken the actor for a de-aged Phoenix after watching the trailer.
7 Witnesses told The Times that spectators were dumbfounded.
8 The TikTok hack that currently has people dumbfounded involves one of the most basic and useful kitchen tools—the potato peeler.
9 One Silicon Valley Bank employee, who requested anonymity to speak candidly, was dumbfounded by how Becker publicly acknowledged the extent of the bank’s financial troubles before privately lining up the necessary financial support to ride out the storm.