"dumbfound" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌdʌmˈfaʊnd/ [UK], /ˈdʌm.faʊnd/ [UK], /ˈdʌm.faʊnd/ [US] Audio: en-us-dumbfound.ogg [US], en-au-dumbfound.ogg [Australia] Forms: dumbfounds [present, singular, third-person], dumbfounding [participle, present], dumbfounded [participle, past], dumbfounded [past]
Etymology: Blend of dumb + confound Etymology templates: {{blend|en|dumb|confound}} Blend of dumb + confound Head templates: {{en-verb}} dumbfound (third-person singular simple present dumbfounds, present participle dumbfounding, simple past and past participle dumbfounded)
  1. (transitive) To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless. Tags: transitive Synonyms: strike dumb, flabbergast, dumfound Translations (to confuse and bewilder): շշմեցնել (ššmecʻnel) (Armenian), ապշեցնել (apšecʻnel) (Armenian), смайвам (smajvam) (Bulgarian), слисвам (slisvam) (Bulgarian), forbløffe (Danish), lamslå (Danish), verstomd doen staan (Dutch), mykistää (Finnish), lyödä ällikällä (Finnish), abasourdir (French), abouxar (Galician), surprizegar (Ido), sbigottire (Italian), obstupefaciō (Latin), whakahanepī (Maori), pasmar (Portuguese), ошеломлять (ošelomljatʹ) (Russian), ошарашивать (ošarašivatʹ) (Russian), dejar boquiabierto (Spanish), dejar pasmado (Spanish)

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          "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
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          "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
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          "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
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      "code": "hy",
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      "word": "շշմեցնել"
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      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "ապշեցնել"
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      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "смайвам"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slisvam",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "слисвам"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "forbløffe"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "lamslå"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "verstomd doen staan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "mykistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "lyödä ällikällä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "abasourdir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "abouxar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "surprizegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "sbigottire"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "obstupefaciō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "whakahanepī"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "pasmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ošelomljatʹ",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "ошеломлять"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ošarašivatʹ",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "ошарашивать"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "dejar boquiabierto"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to confuse and bewilder",
      "word": "dejar pasmado"
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