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dumbfound

English

Alternative forms

  • dumfound

Etymology

Blend of dumb +? confound

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?d?m?fa?nd/, /?d?m.fa?nd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?d?m.fa?nd/

Verb

dumbfound (third-person singular simple present dumbfounds, present participle dumbfounding, simple past and past participle dumbfounded)

  1. (transitive) To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.

Synonyms

  • strike dumb
  • flabbergast

Translations

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fluster

English

Etymology

From a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language, akin to Icelandic flaustra (to be flustered).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fl?st?/
  • Rhymes: -?st?(r)

Verb

fluster (third-person singular simple present flusters, present participle flustering, simple past and past participle flustered)

  1. (dated) To make hot and rosy, as with drinking.
  2. (by extension) To confuse; befuddle; throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion.
  3. (intransitive) To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
    • the flustring, vain-glorious Greeks

Derived terms

  • flustered (adjective)
  • flustering (adjective, present participle)

Translations

Noun

fluster (plural flusters)

  1. A state of being flustered; overwrought confusion.

Anagrams

  • RESTful, fluters, furtles, restful

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