All 6 Uses of
dumfounded
in
Catch-22
- Yossarian was dumbfounded by his state of rapturous contentment.†
Chpt 15 *
- The girl was dumbfounded.†
Chpt 16
- Milo was dumbfounded when he stepped down to the ground and found a contingent of armed M.P.s waiting to imprison the German pilots and confiscate their planes.†
Chpt 24
- 'Oh, no,' groaned the chaplain, sinking down dumbfounded on his cot.†
Chpt 25
- Mrs. Daneeka was dumbfounded.†
Chpt 31
- The dog whimpered and squealed in brute, dumbfounded hysteria at the end of an old Manila rope and groveled and crawled on its belly without resisting, but the man beat it and beat it anyway with his heavy, flat stick.†
Chpt 39
Definition:
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(dumfounded) very surprised - often too surprised to know what to say or do