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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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  dumfounded \dumfounded\ adj.
     same as {dumbfounded}.
  
     Syn: amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, flabbergasted,
          stunned, stupefied, thunderstruck.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dumfounded
       adj : as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle
             of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having
             seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were
             speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his
             promotion" [syn: {dumbfounded}, {flabbergasted}, {stupefied},
              {thunderstruck}]

















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