flabbergast
Syllables: flab·ber·gastUK/ˈflæbə(ˌ)ɡɑːst//ˈflæbɚˌɡæst/
flabbergast verb: to overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner.
Verb
flabbergast (third-person singular simple present flabbergasts, present participle flabbergasting, simple past flabbergasted, past participle flabbergasted or flabbergast)
- 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.
- Her stupidity flabbergasts me, and I have to force myself to keep a straight face while she explains her beliefs.
- Synonyms:
- flabbergaster
Noun
flabbergast (countable and uncountable, plural flabbergasts)
- An awkward person.
- Overwhelming confusion, shock, or surprise.
- His flabbergast was so great he couldn’t even come up with a plausible answer.
- Her foibles were flattery, fine feeling, and flabergast; and if not old enough to be his mother, sufficiently so to be a young aunt.1852 October, “Adventures of Tom Honeycomb—No. I”, in Yankee Notions, volume 2, number 10, New York, N.Y.: Published by T. W. Strong, […], →OCLC, page 297
flabbergast meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
flabbergast in Urdu
- متحیر کرنا
flabbergast in Malayalam
- astonish, surprise, amaze
- അത്ഭുതപ്പെടുത്തുക, വിസ്മയിപ്പിക്കുക, അതിശയിപ്പിക്കുക, ആശ്ചര്യപ്പടുത്തുക, അമ്പരപ്പിക്കുക, ആശ്ചര്യഭരിതമാക്കുക
flabbergast in Kannada
- ಮಂಕು ಹಿಡಿಸು, ದಂಗುಬಡಿಸು, ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯಚಕಿತಗೊಳಿಸು
Examples of flabbergast in a sentence
- The oddity of the situation was so flabbergasting I couldn’t react in time for anyone to see it.
- Now we are flabbergaſted and bored from morning to night—in the ſenate, at Cox's muſeum, at Ranelagh, and even at church.1772, “Observator” [pseudonym], “On New Words; from the Same [Town and Country Magazine]”, in Edmund Burke, editor, The Annual Register, or...
- Now, there are assertions, not dissimilar in their power of benumbing and flabbergasting one, but yet within the bounds of sane and perfectly orderly plausibility, for which our language wants a name.1861 August, [David Masson], “Mr. Buckle’s Doctrine as to the Scotch and Their History”, in David Masson, editor, Macmillan’s Magazine...
- Your information’s flabbergasted me, that it has.1904 April, Jack London, “Too Much Gold”, in The Faith of Men and Other Stories, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan &...
- Well, some degree of the same pleasure may be experienced when one flabbergasts some romantic Schiller, by putting out one's tongue at him when he least expects it.1915, Fyodor Dostoevsky, chapter X, in Constance Garnett, transl., The Insulted and Injured: A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue [...]...
Synonyms of flabbergast
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Forms of flabbergast
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | flabbergasts |
| present participle | flabbergasting |
| past | flabbergasted |
| past participle | flabbergasted |
| past participle | flabbergast |
| Noun | |
| plural | flabbergasts |
Origin of flabbergast
The origin of the verb is uncertain; possibly dialectal (Suffolk), from flabby or flap (“to strike”) + aghast. The word may be related to Scottish flabrigast (“to boast”) or flabrigastit (“worn out with exertion”). The noun is derived from the verb.
Words formed from flabbergast
Questions about flabbergast
- What does flabbergast mean?
- Flabbergast means to overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner.
- What is flabbergast in Urdu?
- Flabbergast in Urdu is متحیر کرنا. See Flabbergast meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use flabbergast in a sentence?
- The oddity of the situation was so flabbergasting I couldn’t react in time for anyone to see it.
- What part of speech is flabbergast?
- Flabbergast can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce flabbergast?
- Flabbergast is pronounced /ˈflæbə(ˌ)ɡɑːst/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of flabbergast?
- The past tense of flabbergast is flabbergasted.
Words near flabbergast in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flabbergast (page history and authors); flabbergast (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flabbergast (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); flabbergast (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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