flabbergast

[flab-er-gast]

verb (used with object)

1. to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.

   Synonyms: mystify, confuse, perplex, confound, nonplus, stagger, astonish, amaze

flabbergast

/ ˈflæbəˌɡɑːst /

verb

1. informal,  to overcome with astonishment; amaze utterly; astound

Other Word Forms

• flabbergaster noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of flabbergast¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of flabbergast¹

C18: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

A woman whose parents founded the charity Alan Carr donated his Celebrity Traitors' winnings to says the gesture has left her family "flabbergasted".

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"It was quite an incredible game to be part of, and I'm still flabbergasted from what just happened."

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Yet the news that inflation could be worse is hardly comforting for millions of Americans still flabbergasted at the prices of necessities like food, housing and insurance.

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The doctor said he was “just flabbergasted with the allegations that don’t seem congruent with what i saw that day.”

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Schulz, who went through the IVF process with his wife, seemed genuinely flabbergasted the notoriously dishonest president had lied about this.

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Related Words

• amaze 
• astonish 
• astound 
• daze 
• disconcert 
• dumbfound 
• nonplus 
• stun