From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
dumbfound \dumbfound\ v.
same as {dumfound}.
Syn: confuse, perplex, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil,
puzzle, mystify, baffle, bewilder, flummox, stupefy,
stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, trounce, confound, be
confusing to, make confused.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dumfound \Dum"found`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumfounded}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Dumfounding}.]
To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also
{dumbfound}.] --Spectator.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumbfound
v 1: 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" [syn: {perplex}, {vex}, {stick},
{get}, {puzzle}, {mystify}, {baffle}, {beat}, {pose},
{bewilder}, {flummox}, {stupefy}, {nonplus}, {gravel},
{amaze}, {dumbfound}]
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