Everybody was flabbergasted when I announced I was going to emigrate to Australia.
English dictionary. 2008.
flabbergasted — 1772, mentioned (with bored) in a magazine article as a new vogue word, perhaps from some dialect (in 1823 flabbergast was noted as a Sussex word), likely an arbitrary formation from flabby or flapper and aghast … Etymology dictionary
flabbergasted — [“flEeb^gsestad] 1. mod. surprised; baffled. □ We were flabbergasted by your proposal. □ They all sat there flabbergasted. 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ I thought you were cutting down, and here you are totally flabbergasted again … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
flabbergasted — adjective /ˈflæbəɡæstəd,ˈflæbɚˌɡæstəd/ a) Appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted. He was flabbergasted at how much weight he had gained. b) Damned. Maxwell made a lunge at his flabbergasted guest, who ducked just in time to escape the great… … Wiktionary
flabbergasted — flab|ber|gas|ted [ˈflæbəga:stıd US bərgæs ] adj informal [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Perhaps from flabby + aghast (= shocked)] extremely surprised or shocked ▪ When I heard how much money we d made, I was absolutely flabbergasted … Dictionary of contemporary English
Flabbergasted — adj. appalled over how much weight you have gained. Ed was flabbergasted when he had to buy size 40 pants … Dictionary of american slang
Flabbergasted — adj. appalled over how much weight you have gained. Ed was flabbergasted when he had to buy size 40 pants … Dictionary of american slang
flabbergasted — adjective informal extremely surprised or shocked: Teachers were flabbergasted at the decision to close down the school … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
flabbergasted — flabbergast ► VERB informal ▪ surprise greatly. DERIVATIVES flabbergasted adjective. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
flabbergasted — adjective as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion • Syn:… … Useful english dictionary
flabbergasted — Synonyms and related words: agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, astonished, astounded, at gaze, awed, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, captivated, confounded, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, enchanted, enraptured, enravished,… … Moby Thesaurus
