Both Uses of
dumfounded
in
The War of the Worlds
- All this had happened with such swiftness that I had stood motionless, dumbfounded and dazzled by the flashes of light.†
Chpt 1.5 *dumbfounded = very surprised -- often too surprised to know what to say or do
- For a moment perhaps I stood there, breast-high in the almost boiling water, dumbfounded at my position, hopeless of escape.†
Chpt 1.12
Definition:
very surprised - often too surprised to know what to say or do