Flabbergast

Word FLABBERGAST
Character 11
Hyphenation flab ber gast
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Flabbergast"

What do we mean by flabbergast?

To cause to be overcome with astonishment; astound. synonym: surprise. transitive verb

To overcome with confusion or bewilderment; astonish, with ludicrous effect; confound: as, the news completely flabbergasted him.

To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements. transitive verb

Overcome with amazement verb

An awkward person.

Overwhelming confusion, shock, or surprise.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Flabbergast

  • Antonyms for flabbergast
  • Flabbergast antonyms not found!

The word "flabbergast" in example sentences

Emily says the hardest word she had to spell was 'flabbergast'. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The ignorance of the American people regarding foreign affairs never continues to flabbergast me. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A calm and collected voice spoke over the flabbergast shuttle crew: “About time you came in person.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

Here are a few facts that will flabbergast you. by John Sanchez Jr. on Monday, Jan 4, 2010 at 12: 21: 24 AM ❋ Unknown (2010)

The three gigantic, gleaming, copper bulb shapes that dominate the entrance hall of the Wiels Contemporary Art Centre in Brussels are not the latest Damien Hirst or Jeff Koons installation, though they possess a similar capacity to flabbergast. ❋ Craig Winneker (2010)

But after shaking off the flabbergast and the dumbfound he got that expression on his face, the one when he looks like a goddamn boob and he's psyched to tell me something. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But then, I am perpetually astonished at the already pretty well-established phenomena that are evidently supposed to flabbergast otherwise reasonable adults. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He's reverted to his pre-convention state of fumbling and foundering and flummoxing and falling into a fevered form of flabbergast. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But Gillespie loved to sing and clown as well as to flabbergast with his brilliance and inventiveness, and he never quite saw why that should bother anybody. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Not that I ever believed in the existence of that Whitey tape, but you know, it wouldn't flabbergast me either. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

"I am seeing that a lot more," says April M. Williams, a career coach in Algonquin, Ill. Puny amounts flabbergast some of her clients. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Stewart asked some straightforward questions, Moalem gave answers designed to flabbergast the lay audience along the lines of,Our bodies can rust with iron overload! ❋ Unknown (2007)

RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT, AMERICAN MORNING: Well, Rick, in the hometown of the two young men in Meadville, Mississippi, there was flabbergast, there was shock. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Again this week in the romance department, rumors and announcements surrounding novel couplings have proven their power to flabbergast outsiders. ❋ Unknown (2007)

These are the politicians, there are even more uneducated people who flabbergast way too much on the airways who know even less than them on the Middle East about the Middle East. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He was mobbed when he made appearances here in Canada, a fact which never failed to flabbergast him, but in this detached society we simply never get to see that kind of unreserved love; when we do, how can we help but be drawn to it? ❋ Unknown (2006)

The mere fact that over a third of the country still approves of the job that the administration is doing or not doing continues to flabbergast me. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It's just a way to flabbergast the team, to try and talk them out of winning. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Cross Reference for Flabbergast

  • Flabbergast cross reference not found!

What does flabbergast mean?

Best Free Book Reviews
Best IOS App Reviews