dumbfounderv.
= dumbfound v.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)]
gloppena1250
abavea1400
ferlya1400
forferlya1400
supprisec1405
stonish1488
surprend1549
stagger1556
thunderbolta1586
admire1598
startle1598
thunderstrike1613
siderate1623
dumbfound1653
surprise1655
stammer1656
strange1657
astartlea1680
dumbfounder1710
knock1715
to take aback1751
flabbergast1773
to take back1796
stagnate1829
to put aback1833
to make (a person) sit up1878
to knock, lay (out), etc., cold1884
transmogrify1887
rock1947
to flip out1964
1710 Fanatick Feast 16 Both which Blockheads..I could dumb-founder with a single syllogism.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 239 Poor Beck! poor Beck!—'Fore Gad, she's quite dumb-founder'd!
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. i. 6 I..stood..dumbfoundered at..her miraculous self-possession.
1859 G. Rawlinson tr. Herodotus Hist. vi. cxxix Hippoclides, who quite dumbfoundered the rest, called aloud to the flute-player, and bade him strike up a dance.
Derivatives
dumbˈfoundered adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective]
forglopnedc1175
dumb1388
astoniedc1400
unprepared1563
thunderstrickena1586
stonished1595
startled?1611
thunderstruck1613
dump1616
admired1684
dumbfounded1815
capped1862
surprised1882
dumbfoundered1883
staggered1911
1883 A. S. Swan Aldersyde i. x. 160 In dumfoundered amazement.
dumbˈfounderment n.
ΚΠ
1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 368 A state of body and mind made up one-half of benumbment, the other half of dumb~founderment.
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