Both Uses of
dumfounded
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- Pyotr Petrovitch indeed seemed almost dumbfounded for the first moment.†
Chpt 5.3 *dumbfounded = very surprised -- often too surprised to know what to say or do
- Raskolnikov was dumbfounded for a minute, but only for one minute.†
Chpt 6.1
Definition:
very surprised - often too surprised to know what to say or do