"dumbfounded" meaning in English

See dumbfounded in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more dumbfounded [comparative], most dumbfounded [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} dumbfounded (comparative more dumbfounded, superlative most dumbfounded)
  1. Shocked and speechless. Translations (shocked and speechless): ապշած (apšac) (Armenian), 驚呆 (Chinese Mandarin), 惊呆 (jīngdāi) (Chinese Mandarin), 愣住 (lèngzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 目瞪口呆 (mùdèngkǒudāi) (Chinese Mandarin), 呆若木雞 (Chinese Mandarin), 呆若木鸡 (dāiruòmùjī) (Chinese Mandarin), zaražený (Czech), ohromený (Czech), målløs (Danish), verbijsterd (Dutch), stupéfait (Dutch), verbouwereerd (Dutch), perplex (Dutch), onthutst (Dutch), stomverbaasd (Dutch), sanaton (Finnish), mykistynyt (Finnish), stupéfait (French), éberlué (French), abasourdi (French), ahuri (French), choqué (French), entgeistert (German), verdutzt (German), stupito (Italian), stupefatto (Italian), attonito (Italian), sorpreso (Italian), sbalordito (Italian), senza parole (Italian), 呆然 (bōzen) (alt: ぼうぜん) (Japanese), 口あんぐり (kuchi-anguri) (alt: くちあんぐり) (Japanese), teruja (Malay), hanepī (Maori), estabosit (Occitan), esterlucat (Occitan), estup (Occitan), bèfi (Occitan), مدهوش (madhuš) (Persian), zdumiony (Polish), zbaraniały (Polish), estarrecido (Portuguese), ошеломлённый (ošelomljónnyj) (Russian), огоро́шенный (ogoróšennyj) (Russian), ошара́шенный (ošarášennyj) (Russian), estupefacto (Spanish), atónito (Spanish), picueto [Spain, colloquial] (Spanish), a cuadros [colloquial] (Spanish), mållös (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dumbfounded-en-adj-zltVPJhx Synonyms: amazed, astonished, astounded, confounded, flabbergasted, perplexed, shocked, speechless, stunned, stupefied, surprised

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} dumbfounded
  1. simple past and past participle of dumbfound Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: dumbfound
    Sense id: en-dumbfounded-en-verb-m9T3lAEF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86

Alternative forms

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          "code": "it",
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          "lang": "Occitan",
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      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "ապշած"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
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      "word": "呆若木鸡"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "ohromený"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "målløs"
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      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "verbijsterd"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "stupéfait"
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      "word": "onthutst"
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      "word": "stomverbaasd"
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      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "sanaton"
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      "word": "mykistynyt"
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      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "éberlué"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "abasourdi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "ahuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "choqué"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "entgeistert"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "verdutzt"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "stupito"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
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      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
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      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "sorpreso"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "sbalordito"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bōzen",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "呆然"
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      "lang": "Malay",
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      "word": "teruja"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "hanepī"
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      "word": "estabosit"
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      "word": "esterlucat"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "estup"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "bèfi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "madhuš",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "مدهوش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "zdumiony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "zbaraniały"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "estarrecido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ošelomljónnyj",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "ошеломлённый"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ogoróšennyj",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "огоро́шенный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ošarášennyj",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "ошара́шенный"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
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      "word": "a cuadros"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "shocked and speechless",
      "word": "mållös"
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    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English verb forms"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "dumbfounded",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "dumbfound"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "simple past and past participle of dumbfound"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dumbfound",
          "dumbfound#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dumbfounded"
}

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