flabbergast
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- flabbergaster noun
Etymology
Origin of flabbergast
Example Sentences
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Though I generally stuck to the main questline and sidequests, the optional tombs that I sampled were diverting puzzle boxes that sometimes stumped me but didn’t flabbergast me.
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2018
Sections on the possibility of artificial consciousness would flabbergast even Philip K. Dick.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2018
A feature on jargon in "soccer" - the American terms that leave Brits reeling and the British terms that flabbergast Americans - generated a huge response from readers.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2013
"Also it is said of him that while his heart entitles him to the respect and even the affection of mankind, the quality of his intellect is such as constantly to flabbergast his best friends."
From Time Magazine Archive
You must see him do the headwaiter—hear him blarney and flabbergast the complaining guest, observe him reckon up his criminal bill, see the subtle condescension of his tip grabbing.
From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.
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