Synonyms for dumbfounded
- adjective
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All synonyms
Adjective
1. Flabbergasted
flabbergasted, stupefied, dumbstruck, stunned, astonished, surprised, shocked, aghast, perplexed, speechless, astounded, nonplussed, amazed, confused, dazed, slack-jawed, thunderstruck, confounded, dumbstricken, bewildered
Other
stupent rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Shocked and speechless.
Related words
- Other spellings
- dumfounded
Example sentences
- stunned Everyone in the room was stunned by what happened.
- flabbergasted I'm flabbergasted to know the word "flabbergasted".
- stupefied She looked stupefied in amazement.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dumbfounded | rising | |
| stunned | rising | |
| flabbergasted | rising | |
| dumbstruck | rising | |
| stupefied | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- dazed1
- 6 letters
- amazed2, aghast2
- 7 letters
- shocked1, stunned1, stupent
- 8 letters
- confused2
- 9 letters
- surprised2, perplexed2, astounded3, stupefied
- 10 letters
- astonished3, speechless2, bewildered3, confounded3, dumbstruck2, nonplussed2
- 12 letters
- dumbstricken
- 13 letters
- flabbergasted4, thunderstruck3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amazed2 = 2 syllables).