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Meanings of dumbfounding in English

Bewildering or striking dumb with wonder.

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Examples for "astounding"
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The level of financial ignorance among otherwise well-informed people is quite astounding.
The Irish Times
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This new legislation is not only confusing, but astounding, said Dr Courtin.
News.com.au
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The changes the current population has seen in its lifetime are astounding.
The Guardian
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It's astounding. Murray asked how her brother was coping with the situation.
News.com.au
5
The view was astounding in England and new everywhere in its onesidedness.
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1
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Bearing this in mind, her experience will explain itself, dumfounding though it was.
The Emancipatrix
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That witty recreation, called dumfounding.
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III
Usage of dumbfounding in English
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For the rest of the citizens it was dumbfounding beyond human comprehension.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) / The War Begins,...
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The task of protecting a bird of which almost nothing is known can be dumbfounding.
The Guardian
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Then came without hesitation or reserve the dumbfounding question: "Same father?"
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
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This is dumbfounding to other animals.
The Human Side of Animals
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You've written about what you call moral dumbfounding and I wonder if you could share a bit about that.
The new yorker
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And if it was "candy from babies", then it was still a dumbfounding exposition of that patronising act.
The Irish Times
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Technically dumbfounding, consistently hilarious and genuinely moving - Pixar's latest feature Wall-E raises the bar for animated movies to new heights.
The Irish Times
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As his eyes had scanned the basin, they fell on something so dumbfounding it almost caused him to trip in surprise.
Arcanum Unbounded
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The discourse of Gomer had struck him in the face with no less heat, force, and dumbfounding pain than the branding iron had Gomer's.
Quicksilver
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"Here?" He had once again succeeded in dumbfounding me.
Magic terror: seven tales
Dumbfounding through the time