Meaning & use
Dumbfounding
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Causing someone to be so surprised or confused that they are unable to react or speak.
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The magnitude of the fraud was dumbfounding to investigators.
It's dumbfounding how quickly the rumor spread across the office.
A note on using this word
Also used as the present participle of the verb 'dumbfound,' which blends 'dumb' and 'confound.'
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unsurprising
Another way to use it
2. verb
Present participle of 'dumbfound': to astonish someone so greatly that they are at a loss for words.
The scandal kept dumbfounding reporters as new details emerged.
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