adjective
- As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise.
- usage: "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion"
- synonyms: dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck, dumbstruck
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