to flabbergast
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7.4
- verb
- /ˈflæbərˌɡæst/
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- The audience was flabbergasted when the magician revealed his final trick.
Like I think people would be flabbergasted by my levels of chill.
- Like I think people would be flabbergasted by my levels of chill.
Examples
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Needless to say, they were flabbergasted when I led them straight to it.
Blog text (24) -
When I lived in Austria, I was flabbergasted at the quality and scope of bicycle paths and roads.
Blog text (13) -
I was flabbergasted when we got our own private studio.
Fiction book (2000) -
Like I think people would be flabbergasted by my levels of chill.
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The politicians were flabbergasted when they found out what you were gonna do.
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Still, she was flabbergasted at the prospects of visiting three different post office windows to mail a letter.
Fiction book (2002) -
The progress my wound made with manuka honey had the whole medical office flabbergasted.
Blog text (30) -
When I leave a job interview, they're flabbergasted, can't believe what I say.
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Phil stands in the waist-deep water and watches her go, flabbergasted.
Fiction book (1998) -
Lily was flabbergasted by the insult, and the others shuffled uncomfortably.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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1.0
To surprise someone very much
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2.1
To cause someone to feel sudden surprise and distress
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4.2
To surprise someone very much and make them feel amazed
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4.2
To surprise someone so much that they do not know what to say
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3.5
To surprise someone very much
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4.9
To make someone feel very surprised and impressed
To surprise someone very much
Antonyms
How Surprised
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7.0
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1.0
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3.5
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1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flabbergast may come from a playful mix of flabby and aghast ('shocked'). A helpful image is someone so surprised their jaw goes floppy, and that's why flabbergast means to greatly surprise or amaze someone.