Both Uses of
dumfounded
in
A Raisin in the Sun
- RUTH is dumbfounded) RUTH: What kind of dance is that?†
Scene 2.1dumbfounded = very surprised -- often too surprised to know what to say or do
- (Dumbfounded, looking at LINDNER) Is this what you came marching all the way over here to tell us?
Scene 2.3 *dumbfounded = bewildered (confused or surprised)
Definition:
very surprised - often too surprised to know what to say or do