"flabbergasted" meaning in English

See flabbergasted in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈflæbə(ˌ)ɡɑːstəd/ [UK], /ˈflæbə(ˌ)ɡæstəd/ [UK], /ˈflæbɚˌɡæstəd/ [US] Audio: en-us-flabbergasted.ogg , en-au-flabbergasted.ogg Forms: more flabbergasted [comparative], most flabbergasted [superlative]
Etymology: Past tense of flabbergast. Head templates: {{en-adj}} flabbergasted (comparative more flabbergasted, superlative most flabbergasted)
  1. Appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted. Translations (appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted): äimistynyt (Finnish), kauhistunut (Finnish), tuohtunut (Finnish), sidéré (French), elképedt (Hungarian), döbbent (Hungarian), megdöbbent (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-flabbergasted-en-adj-~ih~m2cf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 41 26 Disambiguation of 'appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted': 98 2
  2. (euphemistic, rare) Damned. Tags: euphemistic, rare Translations (euphemistic: damned): hattuuntunut (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flabbergasted-en-adj-c6MoJ28R Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 41 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 45 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 44 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 56 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 54 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 54 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 31 54 15 Disambiguation of 'euphemistic: damned': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flabagasted, flambergasted

Verb

IPA: /ˈflæbə(ˌ)ɡɑːstəd/ [UK], /ˈflæbə(ˌ)ɡæstəd/ [UK], /ˈflæbɚˌɡæstəd/ [US] Audio: en-us-flabbergasted.ogg , en-au-flabbergasted.ogg
Etymology: Past tense of flabbergast. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} flabbergasted
  1. simple past and past participle of flabbergast Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: flabbergast
    Sense id: en-flabbergasted-en-verb-OMBajgi~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 41 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flabagasted, flambergasted

Alternative forms

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