The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
alt. To confuse and bewilder. vb. To confuse and bewilder.
Usage examples of "dumfound".
The beadle stood dumfounded, not able to understand this untimely munificence when there were still so many things for the stranger to see.
Several times I dumfounded my family by relaxing long enough to make a jocose remark in their presence.
These foreign prints are trustless as Cheap Jack Dumfounding yokels at a country fair.
Roger, and Astro looked at each other dumfounded as Strong quickly outlined the plan.
Tom and Kit jumped around in their seats to stare dumfounded at the half-stripped cadet climbing through the hatch into the power deck, followed by Sid.
He stood, half dumfounded, while men came hurrying in from the corridor.
Star stood motionless, staring dumfounded into that fine strong face, with its crown of snowy hair.
He turned his head to stare dumfounded at the apparition of her on his road.
The beadle stood dumfounded, not able to understand this untimely munificence when there were still so many things for the stranger to see.
Greek looked back to see how close the Yezda were, he watched, dumfounded, as they trotted east past the mound.
I was so dumfounded that I could offer Gwen no word of comfort to alleviate this sudden shock.
The next morning after the events last narrated I was utterly dumfounded by an article which met my gaze the instant I took up my paper.
Then, seeing her dumfounded, he caught up her carpet-bag and threw her workbox into it for a beginning.
He would have been both dumfounded and stunned by an explanation that was at once simplistic, incredibly convoluted, and pregnant with measureless meaning for far more than his own, singular future.
The priest stood as if dumfounded, gazing into the vacant space uncovered by the puncheon.