dumbfound

Definition

To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.

Etymology

Blend of dumb + confound.

Example Sentences

• "A bunch of nice, middle-class women debated on how to "rescue" prostitutes from their "terrible" fate. By invitation, the conference was attended by a number of prostitutes, who dumbfounded those nice, bourgeois ladies by making it clear that they had no desire whatever to be "rescued""