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flabbergasted definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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: dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, dumbstricken]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you say that you are flabbergasted, you are emphasizing that you are extremely surprised. Everybody was flabbergasted when I announced I was going to emigrate to Australia. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ by n, ADJ to-inf [emphasis]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. (Colloq. and humorous.) Confounded, confused, abashed, ashamed, disconcerted, nonplussed, dumfounded (colloq.), taken aback, thrown off one's balance.

Moby Thesaurus

agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, astonished, astounded, at gaze, awed, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, captivated, confounded, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, enthralled, entranced, fascinated, gaping, gauping, gazing, hypnotized, in awe, in awe of, lost in wonder, marveling, mesmerized, open-eyed, openmouthed, overwhelmed, popeyed, puzzled, rapt in wonder, spellbound, staggered, staring, stupefied, surprised, thunderstruck, under a charm, wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wondering