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flabbergastering

flabbergastering is the present participle and gerund of flabbergaster.

Meaning of flabbergaster

Verb

flabbergaster (third-person singular simple present flabbergasters, present participle flabbergastering, simple past and past participle flabbergastered)

  1. (archaic) To perplex or amaze; to shock or frighten
    • Jack, among his friends, had raised money sufficient to fee an Old Bailey counsel, who, by blustering and cross-examination, succeeded in so flabbergastering the simple witnesses for the prosecution, that the prisoner was in a fair way of being acquitted; […]1853, John Yonge Akerman, Wiltshire Tales, page 131

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Questions about flabbergastering

What is flabbergastering the present participle and gerund of?
Flabbergastering is the present participle and gerund of flabbergaster.

Words near flabbergastering in the dictionary

  1. flabbergasted
  2. flabbergastedly
  3. flabbergastedness
  4. flabbergaster
  5. flabbergastered
  6. flabbergastering
  7. flabbergasters
  8. flabbergasting
  9. flabbergastingly
  10. flabbergastment
  11. flabbergasts

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