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flabbergast

[ flab-er-gast ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
Synonyms: mystify, confuse, perplex, confound, nonplus, stagger, astonish, amaze

flabbergast

/ ˈflæbəˌɡɑːst /

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

C18: of uncertain origin

I would be flabbergasted if someone said they are not conscious.

But there had been no need, and Stockdale was too shrewd a man to "barge in" and flabbergast his youthful Sub.

And nothing has happened to astound or flabbergast him, to send him sprawling with Cheyne-Stokes breathing.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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