dumbfounded

or dum·found·ed

[ duhm-foun-did, duhm-foun- ]

adjective

1. speechless with amazement; astonished or showing astonishment:

   I smiled at the dumbfounded look on their faces as their eyes widened and their mouths fell slack.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of dumbfound ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of dumbfounded¹

dumbfound ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

The hit was so jarring that it stunned the officials, who were apparently too dumbfounded to call the obvious foul.

From FiveThirtyEight

A Target associate who was dumbfounded that shoppers were suddenly desperate for yeast.

From Vox

After all, she and her peers are familiar with thinking things will go one way and then being left dumbfounded, a little heartbroken, but most of all, hopeful.

From Vox

As rioters stormed Capitol Hill on January 6, Theo—like many Americans—watched, dumbfounded and in horror.

From MIT Technology Review

On Thursday, a woman who answered the phone there was dumbfounded as to why someone would be asking about the case.

From The Daily Beast

But I was dumbfounded to get hit up by a federal agency with an annual budget of $750 million.

From The Daily Beast

I was devastated the first time I was deleted, and dumbfounded each time thereafter.

From The Daily Beast

Tirico stood there dumbfounded, and the woman turned and left the soiree.

From The Daily Beast

In the final moments, however, LeBron hits a game-winning three-pointer, and Cooke can only stare dumbfounded.

From The Daily Beast

The door was open, and the woman and the child stood dumbfounded and overwhelmed in a scene of incredible desolation.

From Project Gutenberg

I think even Dr. Hudson was dumbfounded; we had not expected unconditional surrender.

From Project Gutenberg

The crafty captain sat for a moment quite dumbfounded; but he could bear it no longer.

From Project Gutenberg

For a moment I was as dumbfounded as the bridegroom who discovers a plait of hair on his brides dressing table.

From Project Gutenberg

The countess looked up at her husband, quite dumbfounded, and he seemed rather distressed himself.

From Project Gutenberg