to flabbergast

Examples

• All

• 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.

  GaryVee

• The politicians were flabbergasted when they found out what you were gonna do.

  Forty Guns (1957)

• 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.

  Bee Movie (2007)

• 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

S

to shock

vsto flabbergast

208 2.1

To cause someone to feel sudden surprise and distress

is about great surprise or wonder without added distress

A

to amaze

vsto flabbergast

104 1.0

To surprise someone very much

is more about sudden very strong surprise or upset feeling

T

to take aback

vsto flabbergast

33 4.2

To surprise someone so much that they do not know what to say

is about strong surprise without focusing only on suddenness

A

to astound

vsto flabbergast

19 4.2

To surprise someone very much and make them feel amazed

is similar but sometimes milder or less dramatic

A

to astonish

vsto flabbergast

18 3.5

To surprise someone very much

is similar but can be less focused on intensity

B

to bowl over

vsto flabbergast

• Informal

7 4.9

To make someone feel very surprised and impressed

is similar but often stresses strong emotional overpowering

M

to make someone's jaw drop

vsto flabbergast

• Informal

1 4.4

To surprise someone very much

is the general idea of great surprise not only visible reaction

Antonyms

B

to bore

64 1.4

To make someone feel tired or not interested by being dull when you speak

How Surprised

to flabbergast

2 7.4

to dumbfound

1 7.0

to amaze

104 1.0

to astonish

18 3.5

to startle

75 3.7

to surprise

712 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology