flabbergast
noun
1. (uncountable) Overwhelming surprise, confusion or shock.
- When I saw my house on fire, the flabbergast overcame me and I just stood and stared, too shocked to comprehend what I was seeing.
- His flabbergast was so great he couldn't even come up with a plausible answer.
2. (countable) An awkward person.
verb
1. overcome with amazement
Similar word(s): boggle
Definition categories: cognition, surprise
Sentences with flabbergast as a verb:
- 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.
- I love to flabbergast the little-minded by shattering their preconceptions about my nationality and gender.
- The oddity of the situation was so flabbergasting I couldn't react in time for anyone to see it.