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      • to shock someone, usually by telling that person something they were not expecting: He was flabbergasted when we told him how cheap it was.
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  2. FLABBERGAST definition: 1. to shock someone, usually by telling that person something they were not expecting: 2. to shock…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of FLABBERGAST is to overwhelm with shock, surprise, or wonder : dumbfound. How to use flabbergast in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Flabbergast.

  4. FLABBERGAST meaning: 1. to shock someone, usually by telling that person something they were not expecting: 2. to shock…. Learn more.

  5. All rights reserved. Word origin. 18th-c. slang < ? flabby + aghast. COBUILD frequency band. flabbergast in American English. (ˈflæbərˌɡæst) transitive verb. to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound. SYNONYMS amaze, astonish, stagger, nonplus, confound; perplex, confuse, mystify.

  6. To flabbergast is to shock, awe, bowl over. For something to flabbergast you, it ought to leave you sputtering in amazement. The word flabbergast dates back to 1772, but its origin is unknown.

  7. to make speechless with amazement; astonish. [...] More. Conjugations of 'flabbergast' present simple: I flabbergast, you flabbergast [...] past simple: I flabbergasted, you flabbergasted [...] past participle: flabbergasted. More. Examples of 'flabbergast' in a sentence.

  8. Define flabbergast. flabbergast synonyms, flabbergast pronunciation, flabbergast translation, English dictionary definition of flabbergast. tr.v. flab·ber·gast·ed , flab·ber·gast·ing , flab·ber·gasts To cause to be overcome with astonishment; astound. See Synonyms at surprise. American Heritage®...