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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)

SYNONYMS FOR flabbergast

amaze, astonish, stagger, nonplus, confound; perplex, confuse, mystify.

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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

Example sentences from the Web for flabbergasted

Sebastian Vidal, a field coordinator for MSF, told NPR he was “flabbergasted” at the lack of international response.

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Several senators at the hearing were flabbergasted at their answers.

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The pastors, leaders who reached about 24,000 people every week, were flabbergasted.

The Neighboring Movement: A Simple, Radical Idea |Joshua DuBois |May 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The request left Reid “flabbergasted,” he says, but he agreed to take it on.

The Final Roar: Paul Reid on Finishing William Manchester’s Life of Churchill |Kevin Canfield |November 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

She said she was still “flabbergasted that the French deprived themselves of him”.

France: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Advises Valerie Trierweiler to Marry |The Telegraph |October 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Did little sister tell you how flabbergasted I was when I saw her this morning?

Cheerful--By Request |Edna Ferber
The cheek of trying to get from third year at Hillton to Erskine so flabbergasted them that they passed you before they recovered.

Four Afloat |Ralph Henry Barbour
He is thick-skinned, but he looked sort of flabbergasted when you whisked off just now with that snort of yours.

The Cottage of Delight |Will N. Harben
For a moment I was so flabbergasted you could have knocked me down with a feather, but I soon recovered my equanimity.

An American Hobo in Europe |Ben Goodkind
Even I—to whom this scene meant less than to them—even I was flabbergasted.

The Brightener |C. N. Williamson

British Dictionary definitions for flabbergasted (1 of 2)

flabbergasted

/ (ˈflæbəˌɡɑːstɪd) /

adjective

informal overcome with astonishment; amazed; astounded

British Dictionary definitions for flabbergasted (2 of 2)

flabbergast

/ (ˈflæbəˌɡɑːst) /

verb (tr)

informal to overcome with astonishment; amaze utterly; astound

Word Origin for flabbergast

C18: of uncertain origin