CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DUMBFOUNDER
PRESENT
Present
I dumbfounder
you dumbfounder
he/she/it dumbfounders
we dumbfounder
you dumbfounder
they dumbfounder
Present continuous
I am dumbfoundering
you are dumbfoundering
he/she/it is dumbfoundering
we are dumbfoundering
you are dumbfoundering
they are dumbfoundering
Present perfect
I have dumbfoundered
you have dumbfoundered
he/she/it has dumbfoundered
we have dumbfoundered
you have dumbfoundered
they have dumbfoundered
Present perfect continuous
I have been dumbfoundering
you have been dumbfoundering
he/she/it has been dumbfoundering
we have been dumbfoundering
you have been dumbfoundering
they have been dumbfoundering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I dumbfoundered
you dumbfoundered
he/she/it dumbfoundered
we dumbfoundered
you dumbfoundered
they dumbfoundered
Past continuous
I was dumbfoundering
you were dumbfoundering
he/she/it was dumbfoundering
we were dumbfoundering
you were dumbfoundering
they were dumbfoundering
Past perfect
I had dumbfoundered
you had dumbfoundered
he/she/it had dumbfoundered
we had dumbfoundered
you had dumbfoundered
they had dumbfoundered
Past perfect continuous
I had been dumbfoundering
you had been dumbfoundering
he/she/it had been dumbfoundering
we had been dumbfoundering
you had been dumbfoundering
they had been dumbfoundering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will dumbfounder
you will dumbfounder
he/she/it will dumbfounder
we will dumbfounder
you will dumbfounder
they will dumbfounder
Future continuous
I will be dumbfoundering
you will be dumbfoundering
he/she/it will be dumbfoundering
we will be dumbfoundering
you will be dumbfoundering
they will be dumbfoundering
Future perfect
I will have dumbfoundered
you will have dumbfoundered
he/she/it will have dumbfoundered
we will have dumbfoundered
you will have dumbfoundered
they will have dumbfoundered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been dumbfoundering
you will have been dumbfoundering
he/she/it will have been dumbfoundering
we will have been dumbfoundering
you will have been dumbfoundering
they will have been dumbfoundering
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would dumbfounder
you would dumbfounder
he/she/it would dumbfounder
we would dumbfounder
you would dumbfounder
they would dumbfounder
Conditional continuous
I would be dumbfoundering
you would be dumbfoundering
he/she/it would be dumbfoundering
we would be dumbfoundering
you would be dumbfoundering
they would be dumbfoundering
Conditional perfect
I would have dumbfounder
you would have dumbfounder
he/she/it would have dumbfounder
we would have dumbfounder
you would have dumbfounder
they would have dumbfounder
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been dumbfoundering
you would have been dumbfoundering
he/she/it would have been dumbfoundering
we would have been dumbfoundering
you would have been dumbfoundering
they would have been dumbfoundering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you dumbfounder
we let´s dumbfounder
you dumbfounder
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to dumbfounder
Past participle
dumbfoundered
Present Participle
dumbfoundering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUMBFOUNDER»
Discover the use of
dumbfounder in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
dumbfounder and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Noctes Ambrosianœ of "Blackwood".
I'm dumbfounder'd, — what a stramash! Blackwnod. Never mind, my dearest
James, that sentiment was worth a shiver. (Enter PIOARDV, in consternation, with
his Tail, and the fragments are removed, the table swept, and decanters replaced
, ...
John Wilson, John Gibson Lockhart, William Maginn, 1843
2
Communal Modernisms: Teaching Twentieth-Century Literature ...
Meanwhile, Felix watches the doctor perform one of his most infamous tricks:
Felix now saw the doctor . . . make the movements common to the “dumbfounder,
” or man of magic; the gestures of one who, in preparing the audience for a
miracle, ...
Emily Hinnov, Lauren Rosenblum, Laurel Harris, 2013
3
The Dublin University Magazine
Now to dumbfounder you in Hindostanee : '5 iBIoining commotion. “ Pundjoob'l'
fllnmh ,Cowjoe Bhurpooterib nyabsh." ' How foolish of Cowieel' said Puudj to
Blmrpooter; ' He blows day and night to gain fame as a flutter. Why, he'll waste all
his ...
4
Empire for Liberty: Melville and the Poetics of Individualism
In a dumbfounder- ing reversal of figurative logic, Melville also compares his "
impenetrability" to "the fate of a lost steamer" (131). This makes the Indian-hater
an extreme case of mixed metaphor, but the peculiar effect here stems, I think, not
...
The answer to this dumbfounder wasn't long in coming. With somewhat watery
eyes and slightly slurred speech, the great Philosopher answered his own
question thusly: "because, have you ever tried doing it in a tree?" The answer, of
course, ...
6
Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland
Pray, sir,' says I, looking at him— though that face of his was enough to
dumbfounder any honest man like myself — ' Pray, sir,' says I, ' may I make so
bold as to ask if you are not Jack Myers that was drowned seven years ago, next
Martin- ...
Thomas Crofton Croker, 1828
... 480 He even volunteered to supervise The rough draught of those marriage-
articles Signed in a hurry by Pietro, since revoked : Trust 's politic, suspicion does
the harm, There is but one way to browbeat this world, 485 Dumbfounder doubt, ...
8
The Last of the Lairds: Or, The Life and Opinions of Malachi ...
Verified ! they have been dumbfounder'd. He's married, and married to Miss
Clawrissy Chandos, the great heiress, and failing her mother, the rightfu' leddy o'
Barenbraes. — Now, think o' that and weep." " This is indeed extraordinary news !
9
Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
But for Professor Nitsch, the two Wirgmans would have been mere mechanics,
instead of being able, as they now are, to puzzle, and even to dumbfounder,
better men. Transcendentalism is something: more than a logical instrument.
10
The Tin Trumpet: Or, Heads and Tails, for the Wise and Waggish
DUMBFOUNDER— A verbal checkmate which incapacitates your adversary from
making another move of his jaws. " I do not write for fools," said a boastful and
asinine pretender to literature: " 1 only wish to please those who have the same ...
