Flabbergast

Definitions

1. An awkward person.
   countable
2. Overwhelming confusion, shock, or surprise.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“His flabbergast was so great he couldn’t even come⟳ up with a plausible answer⟳.”

“Her foibles were flattery, fine feeling, and flabergast; and if not old enough to be his mother, sufficiently so to be a young aunt.”

“Then quit⟳ your flabbergast, and talk⟳ in plain English.”

“Bob's big-eyed flabbergast struck him as comic and he laughed and said, "Lying sack, hey?"”

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