flabbergast
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- flabbergaster noun
Etymology
Origin of flabbergast
Example Sentences
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Though I generally stuck to the main questline and sidequests, the optional tombs that I sampled were diverting puzzle boxes that sometimes stumped me but didn’t flabbergast me.
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2018
Sections on the possibility of artificial consciousness would flabbergast even Philip K. Dick.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2018
A feature on jargon in "soccer" - the American terms that leave Brits reeling and the British terms that flabbergast Americans - generated a huge response from readers.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2013
In the wake of an expanded draft call, thousands of Americans are about to encounter a fact of G.I. life that might flabbergast a veteran of World War II.
From Time Magazine Archive
But still, what should there be to flabbergast you About a man’s returning to his home?
From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson
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