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flabaghast

flabaghast is the archaic spelling of flabbergast.

Meaning of flabbergast

Verb

flabbergast (third-person singular simple present flabbergasts, present participle flabbergasting, simple past flabbergasted, past participle flabbergasted or flabbergast)

  1. (transitive) To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner.
    • He was flabbergasted to find that his work had been done for him before he began.
    Synonyms:
    flabbergaster

See all 3 meanings of flabbergast

Forms of flabaghast

Verb
third-person singular presentflabaghasts
present participleflabaghasting
pastflabaghasted
past participleflabaghasted
past participleflabaghast
Noun
pluralflabaghasts

Questions about flabaghast

What is flabaghast the archaic spelling of?
Flabaghast is the archaic spelling of flabbergast.

Words near flabaghast in the dictionary

  1. flab
  2. flabagast
  3. flabagasted
  4. flabagasting
  5. flabagasts
  6. flabaghast
  7. flabaghasted
  8. flabaghasting
  9. flabaghasts
  10. flabbergast
  11. flabbergastation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flabaghast (page history and authors); flabbergast (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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