flabbergasted
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6.7
- adjective
- /ˈflæbərˌɡæstɪd/
- The audience was flabbergasted when the magician pulled a rabbit out of an empty hat.
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Watch on YouTubeI will be flabbergasted if that ends up being true.
- I will be flabbergasted if that ends up being true.
- And I sat in this workshop and I was flabbergasted, right?
- I mean, I just, I'm flabbergasted by that.
- I am genuinely so flabbergasted by that.
- And I was flabbergasted, but very excited to be able to do it.
- And I was just, I was really flabbergasted.
- And the truth is, I'm actually flabbergasted by the level of Liz's impact on my career.
- I'm, I'm, I'm flabbergasted is what I am just going to pull it around.
- T very honestly, the demand for my attention is something that I'm so flabbergasted and humbled and grateful for.
- I am flabbergasted of how little flak I had to take for that event.
- So I wouldn't be flabbergasted or dumbfounded that this, this God, this deity is off creating.
- So when they RIP it off and you see how much hair that your asshole actually produces, I was flabbergasted.
Examples
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I was flabbergasted to learn that I had won the grand prize in the lottery.
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I have to say, I was completely flabbergasted!
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Now, when I started to remove it, I was absolutely flabbergasted that the painting was pretty much OK.
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In a word, I was flabbergasted.
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Meanwhile, I am scared, flabbergasted, and inspired.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's crazy, I graduated high school in 2006 and I am flabbergasted at what grade school has turned into!
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Heck, I was only 12 years old, but I was flabbergasted!
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I am absolutely flabbergasted at the type of officiating that went on in this game.
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Okay, I am completely flabbergasted now! I didn't realize you were an author!
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As a high school teacher, I am flabbergasted at how unprepared my students are on these basics.
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Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling sudden wonder when something unexpected happens
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2.1
Feeling surprised and upset because something bad or unexpected happens
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1.0
Very surprised in a way that shows wonder
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3.0
Too shocked to move or think clearly
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2.7
Feeling very surprised by something unexpected or hard to believe
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3.8
Very surprised and unable to believe what happened
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4.6
Very surprised and unable to speak
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7.0
Very surprised and unable to speak or move
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6.5
So shocked that you cannot speak
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7.0
Unable to think or react after a sudden shock
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8.6
Very surprised and unable to speak
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4.4
Very surprised by something you did not expect
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7.2
Feeling very amazed by something beautiful or strange
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9.9
Feeling very surprised and unable to speak or move
So shocked that you cannot speak for a short time
Antonyms
How Surprised
Surface Forms
Morphology
flabbergasted = flabbergast (transparent) = flabbergast + ed
The adjective is a regular past-participial/adjectival form of the verb 'flabbergast' formed with productive '-ed', so the relation is straightforward for learners who know the verb.
Etymology
The word flabbergasted has an uncertain origin. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine someone who suddenly gasps or becomes aghast, completely 'speechless' and shocked.