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# dumbfounded

«dumbfounded» in Mova's school dictionary: **so surprised that you cannot speak or know what to say** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (no forms)

### meaning for a pupil

Dumbfounded means so surprised that you cannot speak or know what to say. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dumbfounded/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a hero is left speechless by a sudden sight; in lessons it shows a very strong surprise

### examples

- Dumbfounded, the boy stared at the talking cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dumbfounded/#x1)
- My grandfather was so dumbfounded that he could only stand and stare. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dumbfounded/#x2)
- The merchant was dumbfounded by the king's words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dumbfounded/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dumbfounded» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dumbfounded/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.