flabbergastverb [ T often passive ]
uk/ˈflæb.ə.ɡɑːst/us/ˈflæb.ɚ.ɡæst/informalto shock someone, usually by telling that person something they were not expecting:
He was flabbergasted when we told him how cheap it was.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Surprising and shocking
- a blinding flash idiom
- a bolt from/out of the blue idiom
- amaze
- amazing
- astonish
- bolt
- breath
- dynamite
- earth-shattering
- expectation
- eye-opener
- faze
- revelation
- staggering
- startle
- startling
- sting
- stunning
- stupefy
- thunderbolt
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flabbergasted
adjective uk/ˈflæb.ə.ɡɑː.stɪd/us/ˈflæb.ɚ.ɡæs.tɪd/
When they announced her name, the winner just sat there, flabbergasted.