flabbergasted en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Past tense of flabbergast.
Meanings
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Appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted.
Begob he was what you might call flabbergasted.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[12]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:On his first encounter with tailgating in 2006, he was flabbergasted at the way rival fans mixed peaceably together at the parties. A Chicago Bears fan, he was warmly welcomed into a group of Arizona Cardinals fans and fed. "I was shocked and slightly worried. I thought they were going to poison me. It was just so odd."
2014 August 16, BBC News, Why have tailgate parties not spread to the UK?:“I have to say I am flabbergasted that a doctor that has flu-like symptoms has presented to work,” [Jenny] Mikakos said.
2020 March 7, Merran Hitchick, quoting Jenny Mikakos, “'Flabbergasted': Melbourne doctor with coronavirus symptoms continued seeing patients”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:He was flabbergasted at how much weight he had gained.
From behind her paper, she was flabbergasted to see a neatly dressed man helping himself to her cookies.
2008, Dutch Sheets, Watchman Prayer: Keeping the Enemy Out While Protecting Your Family, Home, Gospel Light, page 57:Maxwell made a lunge at his flabbergasted guest, who ducked just in time to escape the great hands reaching for him.
1952, Agnes Morley Cleaveland., Satan's Paradise: from Lucien Maxwell to Fred Lambert, Houghton-Mifflin:Much the same. Rather flabbergasted at seeing me, I think.
1917, John Galsworthy, Beyond, Toronto: The Copp Clark Co., Limited, page 368:‘Hush-h-h-h-h!’ said Mr Nearthewinde, absolutely flabergasted by such imprudence on the part of one of his client's friends.
1858, Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne. […], volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 25–26:This candid interpretation of his words knocked the defendant stupid. He made no reply, but looked utterly flabbergasted.
1863 March 28 – December 26, Charles Reade, chapter XVI, in Hard Cash: A Matter-of-fact Romance. […], volume III, London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston […], published 1863, →OCLC, page 332:
- (euphemistic, rare) Damned.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flabagasted | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most flabbergasted | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more flabbergasted | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| flabergasted | alternative | lexicographic | |
| flambergasted | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
flabbergastedly · flabbergastedness · one's flabber is gasted · unflabbergasted
Synonyms
stupefied · taken aback · speechless · bowled over · mystified · startled · flabagasted · surprised · overwhelmed · slack-jawed · astounded · dumbfounded · flabbergasted · wide-eyed · bemused · flummoxed · deer in the headlights · amazed · awed · overawed · thunderstruck · floored · shocked · flambustered · unnerved · flambergasted · gobsmacked · stunned · awe-struck · astonished
Translations (9)
hu döbbent (appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted) · fi äimistynyt (appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted) · hu elképedt (appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted) · fi kauhistunut (appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted) · fi hattuuntunut (euphemistic: damned) · fr sidéré (appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted) · hu megdöbbent (appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted) · fi tuohtunut (appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted) · nl verbluft (appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted)