flabbergasted
Use in a sentence
ərˌgæst verb (used with object)
to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
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| —vb | |
| informal to overcome with astonishment; amaze utterly; astound | |
| [C18: of uncertain origin] | |
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| flabbergasted (ˈflæbəˌɡɑːstɪd) | |
| —adj | |
| informal overcome with astonishment; amazed; astounded | |
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Word Origin & History
flabbergasted
1772, mentioned (with bored) in a magazine article as a new vogue word, perhaps from some dialect (in 1823 flabbergast was noted as a Sussex word), likely an arbitrary formation from flabby or flapper and aghast.
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Example sentences
He turned out to be gracious and kind, patient with a flabbergasted fan's babbling of thanks.
One of the high officials was flabbergasted to find the master unprepared.
The food prep people seem equally flabbergasted in trying to whip up the concoctions people have requested.
We were flabbergasted when the echocardiogram results came in that afternoon.
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