dumfungled

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/ˈdʌm.fʌŋɡəld/

adjective

Worn out, or being in a state of exhaustion.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivedumfungled (comparative more dumfungled, superlative most dumfungled)

comparative more dumfungled · superlative most dumfungled

  1. USregionalWorn out, or being in a state of exhaustion.

    Naturalists have puzzled themselves until completely dum-fungled at this remarkable freak of nature.

    1842 May 10, Southport Telegraph, volume 2, number 47, Southport, Wisconsin, →ISSN, →LCCN, page 3, column 1
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    —When the County Commissioners—if they ever do—commence to sift the resolutions on the subject of school taxation, they will no doubt become so “dumfungled” as to cause their friends uneasiness as to their ability to pull through safely.

    1885 April 4, “Local Items”, in The Baltimore County Union, volume 36, number 14, Towsonton, Maryland, →ISSN, →LCCN, page 3, column 2

Origin

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APA

dumfungled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumfungled

MLA

“dumfungled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumfungled. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dumfungled,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumfungled.

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