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Definition of Flabbergasted
1. Adjective. As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise. "Was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion"
Similar to: Surprised
Definition of Flabbergasted
1. Adjective. Appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted.(reference-book ¹
2. Adjective. (euphemistic) Damned.(reference-book ¹
3. Verb. (past of flabbergast) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flabbergasted
1. flabbergast [v] - See also: flabbergast
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flabbergasted
Literary usage of Flabbergasted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of French Slang by Olivier Leroy (1922)
"Ça lui en a bouché un coin, he was flabbergasted, struck all of a heap, crushed,
he was choked off. Ça m'en bouche une surface ! ..."
2. The Gossip: Or, Scraps of Manuscripts and Facetiæ, Laconica Et Lyrica, Being (1849)
"... he awoke after a. three hours' snooze, and found himself all flabbergasted,
all alone, more resembling a rejected Jerry Sneak than a giant refreshed. ..."
3. Slang: A Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, Or Bon-ton by John Badcock (1823)
"His colleagues were flabbergasted when they heard of ... In ring-affairs, a man
may be flabbergasted by a flush hit ..."
4. Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton by John Badcock (1823)
"His colleagues were flabbergasted when they heard of ... In ring-affairs, a man
may be flabbergasted by a flush hit between the eyes, whether with the ..."
5. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"The magistrate before whom the case was brought seems to have been completely
flabbergasted and paralysed with astonishment.—Evening News. ..."
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