dumbfounding

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   bewildering or striking dumb with wonder

   Synonymsastoundingdumfounding

   Similarincredible

Questions about dumbfounding

What does dumbfounding mean?

dumbfounding means "bewildering or striking dumb with wonder".

How many syllables are in dumbfounding?

dumbfounding has 3 syllables: dumb-foun-ding. The stress falls on "dumb". In IPA it is /ˈdʌmfaʊndɪŋ/.

What is another word for dumbfounding?

Close synonyms include astounding, dumfounding. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dumbfounding a common word?

dumbfounding is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.