Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dumbfound
Participle: dumbfounded
Gerund: dumbfounding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dumbfound |
| you | dumbfound |
| he;she;it | dumbfounds |
| we | dumbfound |
| you | dumbfound |
| they | dumbfound |
Perfect
| I | have dumbfounded |
| you | have dumbfounded |
| he;she;it | has dumbfounded |
| we | have dumbfounded |
| you | have dumbfounded |
| they | have dumbfounded |
Past
| I | dumbfounded |
| you | dumbfounded |
| he;she;it | dumbfounded |
| we | dumbfounded |
| you | dumbfounded |
| they | dumbfounded |
Pluperfect
| I | had dumbfounded |
| you | had dumbfounded |
| he;she;it | had dumbfounded |
| we | had dumbfounded |
| you | had dumbfounded |
| they | had dumbfounded |
Future
| I | will dumbfound |
| you | will dumbfound |
| he;she;it | will dumbfound |
| we | will dumbfound |
| you | will dumbfound |
| they | will dumbfound |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dumbfounded |
| you | will have dumbfounded |
| he;she;it | will have dumbfounded |
| we | will have dumbfounded |
| you | will have dumbfounded |
| they | will have dumbfounded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dumbfound |
| you | dumbfound |
| he;she;it | dumbfound |
| we | dumbfound |
| you | dumbfound |
| they | dumbfound |
Perfect
| I | have dumbfounded |
| you | have dumbfounded |
| he;she;it | have dumbfounded |
| we | have dumbfounded |
| you | have dumbfounded |
| they | have dumbfounded |
Imperfect
| I | dumbfounded |
| you | dumbfounded |
| he;she;it | dumbfounded |
| we | dumbfounded |
| you | dumbfounded |
| they | dumbfounded |
Pluperfect
| I | had dumbfounded |
| you | had dumbfounded |
| he;she;it | had dumbfounded |
| we | had dumbfounded |
| you | had dumbfounded |
| they | had dumbfounded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dumbfound |
| you | would dumbfound |
| he;she;it | would dumbfound |
| we | would dumbfound |
| you | would dumbfound |
| they | would dumbfound |
Perfect
| I | would have dumbfounded |
| you | would have dumbfounded |
| he;she;it | would have dumbfounded |
| we | would have dumbfounded |
| you | would have dumbfounded |
| they | would have dumbfounded |
Imperative
| you | dumbfound |
| we | Let's dumbfound |
| you | dumbfound |
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)
Verbs similar to 'dumbfound'
dumfound,
dumbfounder,
disbound,
dumfounder,
embound,
imbound,
unfound,
abound,
amound,
bound,
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
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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:]