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Humbled vs Dumbfounded - What's the difference?

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Humbled is a related term of dumbfounded.


As adjectives the difference between humbled and dumbfounded

is that humbled is feeling the positive effects of humility while dumbfounded is shocked and speechless.

As verbs the difference between humbled and dumbfounded

is that humbled is (humble) while dumbfounded is (dumbfound).

humbled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Feeling the positive effects of humility.
    • I felt so humbled to help out during the disaster relief appeal.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (humble)

    • dumbfounded

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dumfounded

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • shocked and speechless.

    • Synonyms

    * amazed, astonished, astounded, confounded, flabbergasted, perplexed, shocked, speechless, stunned, surprised

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dumbfound)