Synonyms for dumbfound
- verb
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.
Related words
- Other spellings
- dumfound
Forms
- Past participle
- dumbfounded
e.g. dumbfounded → puzzled, getten, baffled, bewildered…
Example sentences
- puzzle Let's puzzle over Lewis Carroll's Pillow-Problems!
- baffle Ziri's disappearance continues to baffle everybody.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dumbfound | rising | |
| puzzle | rising | |
| baffle | falling | |
| bewilder | steady | |
| flabbergast | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1, vex1
- 4 letters
- beat1, pose1
- 5 letters
- stick1, stump1, amaze2
- 6 letters
- puzzle2, gravel2, baffle2
- 7 letters
- confuse2, stagger2, perplex2, mystify3, stupefy, flummox2
- 8 letters
- confound2, astonish3, bewilder3
- 11 letters
- flabbergast3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amaze2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- abasourdir
- Italiano
- disorientare