dumbfound – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of dumbfound

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to dumbfound
Participle: dumbfounded
Gerund: dumbfounding

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Idumbfound
youdumbfound
he;she;itdumbfounds
wedumbfound
youdumbfound
theydumbfound

Perfect

Ihave dumbfounded
youhave dumbfounded
he;she;ithas dumbfounded
wehave dumbfounded
youhave dumbfounded
theyhave dumbfounded

Past

Idumbfounded
youdumbfounded
he;she;itdumbfounded
wedumbfounded
youdumbfounded
theydumbfounded

Pluperfect

Ihad dumbfounded
youhad dumbfounded
he;she;ithad dumbfounded
wehad dumbfounded
youhad dumbfounded
theyhad dumbfounded

Future

Iwill dumbfound
youwill dumbfound
he;she;itwill dumbfound
wewill dumbfound
youwill dumbfound
theywill dumbfound

Future Perfect

Iwill have dumbfounded
youwill have dumbfounded
he;she;itwill have dumbfounded
wewill have dumbfounded
youwill have dumbfounded
theywill have dumbfounded

Subjunctive

Present

Idumbfound
youdumbfound
he;she;itdumbfound
wedumbfound
youdumbfound
theydumbfound

Perfect

Ihave dumbfounded
youhave dumbfounded
he;she;ithave dumbfounded
wehave dumbfounded
youhave dumbfounded
theyhave dumbfounded

Imperfect

Idumbfounded
youdumbfounded
he;she;itdumbfounded
wedumbfounded
youdumbfounded
theydumbfounded

Pluperfect

Ihad dumbfounded
youhad dumbfounded
he;she;ithad dumbfounded
wehad dumbfounded
youhad dumbfounded
theyhad dumbfounded

Conditional

Present

Iwould dumbfound
youwould dumbfound
he;she;itwould dumbfound
wewould dumbfound
youwould dumbfound
theywould dumbfound

Perfect

Iwould have dumbfounded
youwould have dumbfounded
he;she;itwould have dumbfounded
wewould have dumbfounded
youwould have dumbfounded
theywould have dumbfounded

Imperative

youdumbfound
weLet's dumbfound
youdumbfound

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam dumbfounding
youare dumbfounding
he;she;itis dumbfounding
weare dumbfounding
youare dumbfounding
theyare dumbfounding

Perfect

Ihave been dumbfounding
youhave been dumbfounding
he;she;ithas been dumbfounding
wehave been dumbfounding
youhave been dumbfounding
theyhave been dumbfounding

Past

Iwas dumbfounding
youwere dumbfounding
he;she;itwas dumbfounding
wewere dumbfounding
youwere dumbfounding
theywere dumbfounding

Pluperfect

Ihad been dumbfounding
youhad been dumbfounding
he;she;ithad been dumbfounding
wehad been dumbfounding
youhad been dumbfounding
theyhad been dumbfounding

Future

Iwill be dumbfounding
youwill be dumbfounding
he;she;itwill be dumbfounding
wewill be dumbfounding
youwill be dumbfounding
theywill be dumbfounding

Future Perfect

Iwill have been dumbfounding
youwill have been dumbfounding
he;she;itwill have been dumbfounding
wewill have been dumbfounding
youwill have been dumbfounding
theywill have been dumbfounding

Conditional

Present

Iwould be dumbfounding
youwould be dumbfounding
he;she;itwould be dumbfounding
wewould be dumbfounding
youwould be dumbfounding
theywould be dumbfounding

Perfect

Iwould have been dumbfounding
youwould have been dumbfounding
he;she;itwould have been dumbfounding
wewould have been dumbfounding
youwould have been dumbfounding
theywould have been dumbfounding

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'dumbfound'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to render someone less able to understand
baffle, befuddle, bewilder, complicate, confuddle, confuse, confuzzle, dazzle, discombobulate, disconcert, flabagast, flabbergast, flabbergaster, flummox, jumble, knot, perplex, puzzle

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Blend of dumb + confound.

Sample Sentences

  • A bunch of nice, middle-class women debated on how to "rescue" prostitutes from their "terrible" fate. By invitation, the conference was attended by a number of prostitutes, who dumbfounded those nice, bourgeois ladies by making it clear that they had no desire whatever to be "rescued" [1989 December 3, Franklin Kameny, “Prostitution: Good, Right, And Desirable”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 21, page 5:]