flabbergasted
adjUK /ˈflæbə(ˌ)ɡɑːstəd/ · US /ˈflæbɚˌɡæstəd/
Etymology Past tense of flabbergast.
1
Appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted.
- He was flabbergasted at how much weight he had gained.
- ‘Hush-h-h-h-h!’ said Mr Nearthewinde, absolutely flabergasted by such imprudence on the part of one of his client's friends.1858, Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne. […], volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 25–26:
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- This candid interpretation of his words knocked the defendant stupid. He made no reply, but looked utterly flabbergasted.1863 March 28 – December 26, Charles Reade, chapter XVI, in Hard Cash: A Matter-of-fact Romance. […], volume III, London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston […], published 1863, →OCLC, page 332:
- Much the same. Rather flabbergasted at seeing me, I think.1917, John Galsworthy, Beyond, Toronto: The Copp Clark Co., Limited, page 368:
- Begob he was what you might call flabbergasted.1922 February, James Joyce, “[12]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- Maxwell made a lunge at his flabbergasted guest, who ducked just in time to escape the great hands reaching for him.1952, Agnes Morley Cleaveland., Satan's Paradise: from Lucien Maxwell to Fred Lambert, Houghton-Mifflin:
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Euphemistic, Rare Damned.
- Derived terms
- flabbergastedly, flabbergastedness, one's flabber is gasted, unflabbergasted