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flabbergast
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flab·ber·gast

transitive verb \ˈfla-bər-ˌgast\

Definition of FLABBERGAST

: to overwhelm with shock, surprise, or wonder : dumbfound
— flab·ber·gast·ing·ly \-ˌgas-tiŋ-lē\ adverb

Examples of FLABBERGAST

  1. It flabbergasts me to see how many people still support them.
  2. <your decision to suddenly quit your job flabbergasts me>

Origin of FLABBERGAST

origin unknown
First Known Use: 1772

Related to FLABBERGAST

Synonyms
amaze, astonish, astound, bowl over, dumbfound (also dumfound), surprise, floor, rock, shock, startle, stun, stupefy, thunderstrike
See Synonym Discussion at surprise

Rhymes with FLABBERGAST

acid-fast, captain's mast, chiliast, cineast, colorfast, fore-topmast, hard-and-fast, main-topmast, mizzenmast, opencast, overcast, pederast, phase-contrast, plaster cast, rebroadcast, scholiast, simulcast, telecast, weathercast

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