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flabergast

flabergast 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 flabergast

Verb
third-person singular presentflabergasts
present participleflabergasting
pastflabergasted
past participleflabergasted
past participleflabergast
Noun
pluralflabergasts

Questions about flabergast

What is flabergast the archaic spelling of?
Flabergast is the archaic spelling of flabbergast.

Words near flabergast in the dictionary

  1. flabellinid
  2. flabellinids
  3. flabellum
  4. flabellums
  5. flabels
  6. flabergast
  7. flabergastation
  8. flabergasted
  9. flabergasting
  10. flabergasts
  11. flabile

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flabergast (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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