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flabbergasting

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verb

present participle of flabbergast

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for flabbergasting
Adjective
  • But the surprising mid-season decision to trade the Slovenian superstar coupled with a slew of key injuries, including to star guard Kyrie Irving, ultimately derailed any title aspirations Dallas might have had.
    Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Cleaning professional Ryan Schutz of Two Maids and a Mop is sharing what a typical cleaning includes, as well as a few surprising areas a house cleaner probably won't clean.
    Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • On the more fun side of the craft spectrum, Kelvin’s outfits have always been amazing, but the sequin suit in this episode is really a highlight.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
  • And just having that extra note to bring to him from Disney, from Mulan, was amazing.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In that time span, the liberals made a startling 20-plus-point comeback in the polls, overtaking the conservatives as election day neared.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • It’s been a short, hectic campaign season, marked by startling reversals — most notably a massive decline in support for the current opposition Conservative Party — and ignited by the resignation of longtime Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
    Sean Collins, Vox, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Now a shocking new report has revealed the true extent to which the communication threat extends, with a staggering 30 malicious emails a day arriving on average.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Then, in 1903, news broke of a shocking massacre in the town of Kishinev, in the southwestern reaches of the Russian Empire.
    Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Hubble captured this dramatic event in a stunning series of images, revealing intricate dust patterns as a flash of light from the outburst expanded outward and reflected off surrounding dust clouds — a phenomenon known as a light echo.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Beautiful and stunning but very subtle at the same time.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This is the astonishing dialectical power of the moment.
    D. Graham Burnett, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Tom Hanks narrates this examination of the astonishing variety of life on a supercontinent stretching from northern Canada to the bottom of South America.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Flabbergasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flabbergasting. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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