Dumbfoundment

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The fact of being dumbfounded or bewildered; astonishment. uncountable

    "At any rate, Elwes's reaction when he heard his own words was one of complete dumbfoundment. He stood 'stricken as if with a thunderbolt'."

Synonyms

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admirationamazementawedumbfoundednessdumbfoundermentfascination

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"At any rate, Elwes's reaction when he heard his own words was one of complete dumbfoundment. He stood 'stricken as if with a thunderbolt'."

Etymology

From dumbfound + -ment.

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