flabbergasted

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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.

Example sentences

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.

He was absolutely flabbergasted to find out what those transcripts that he

requested were costing people.

And many visitors are flabbergasted at first, even if they warm up to it later.

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Matching Quote

"The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can be terrific and torturous, involving and utterly tedious, all at the same time. The world is full of women made to feel strange because what everyone assumes comes naturally is so difficult to do—never mind to do well."

-Anna Quindlen