flabbergast

[ flab-er-gast ]
/ ˈflæb ərˌgæst /
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verb (used with object)

to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.

Origin of flabbergast

1765–75; variant of flabagast (perhaps flabb(y) + aghast)

OTHER WORDS FROM flabbergast

flab·ber·gast·er, noun

Words nearby flabbergast

fl., fl. dr., fl. oz., fla., flab, flabbergast, flabbergasted, flabby, flabellate, flabelli-, flabellum

Words related to flabbergast

dumbfound, nonplus, disconcert, astound, amaze, astonish, daze, stun, overwhelm, shock, abash, confound, stagger, throw, overcome

Example sentences from the Web for flabbergast

  • But there had been no need, and Stockdale was too shrewd a man to "barge in" and flabbergast his youthful Sub.

    A Sub and a Submarine |Percy F. Westerman

  • And nothing has happened to astound or flabbergast him, to send him sprawling with Cheyne-Stokes breathing.

    Europe After 8:15 |H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan and Willard Huntington Wright

British Dictionary definitions for flabbergast

flabbergast
/ (ˈflæbəˌɡɑːst) /

verb (tr)

informal to overcome with astonishment; amaze utterly; astound

Word Origin for flabbergast

C18: of uncertain origin