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dumbfounding adjective uk /ˌdʌmˈfaʊn.dɪŋ/ us /ˈdʌm.faʊn.dɪŋ/ extremely shocking or surprising: The Prime Minister's spokesman said that the remarks were dumbfounding. The company is borrowing dumbfounding amounts of money. Compare
dumbfounded It's dumbfounding to me that they are just ignoring the issue. If we accept these facts, the defendant's denial is dumbfounding. The latest revelations in the paper are dumbfounding. The economy is still growing at a dumbfounding rate. The country is poor, but has areas of dumbfounding beauty. This is the latest work from a director of dumbfounding brilliance. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Surprising and shocking against all expectationsphrase amaze amazing amazingly astonish dumbfoundingly dynamite earth-shaking earth-shattering earth-shatteringly pull pull something out of the bag/hatidiom raise (a few) eyebrowsidiom reality check sensationalist turn-up for the book(s)idiom unbelievable walk walk in on someone world-shattering |