Home › Words › D › dumbfoundmentdumbfoundmentdumbfoundment means the fact of being dumbfounded or bewildered; astonishment.EtymologyFrom dumbfound + -ment.nounThe fact of being dumbfounded or bewildered; astonishment.e.g.“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'.” — 1997, Lady Anne Somerset, Unnatural Murder: Poison at the Court of James I, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, page 282:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dumbfounderment 87% match — dumbfoundedness vs dumbfoundment →dumbfoundedness 87% match — The property of being dumbfounded; amazement. vs dumbfoundment →dumbfounding 81% match — Bewildering; astonishing. vs dumbfoundment →dumbfound 80% match — To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless. vs dumbfoundment →dumbfoundingly 77% match — In a dumbfounding manner. vs dumbfoundment →dumbfounder 76% match — To dumbfound. vs dumbfoundment →dumbfoundedly 74% match — In a dumbfounded manner. vs dumbfoundment →dumbfounded 73% match — Shocked and speechless. vs dumbfoundment →