| 单词 | flabbergasted |
| 释义 | flabbergasted (once / 15212 pages) adj When you see your mom come back from the salon with bright green spiky hair and your jaw drops to the floor in total shock, you’re flabbergasted. You are really, really shocked — pretty much speechless. Use the adjective flabbergasted to describe someone who's astounded or surprised for any reason, good or bad. You could be flabbergasted at how astonishingly expensive a parking ticket is, or at how incredibly delicious pineapple pizza is. Flabbergasted has been used since the late 18th century, but no one knows for sure where it originated. The word sounds like what it means: when you say it out loud — "flabbergasted!" — it somehow captures the spirit of astonishment and shock. WORD FAMILYflabbergast: flabbergasted, flabbergasting, flabbergasts USAGE EXAMPLES“I would be flabbergasted if the Russians didn’t reciprocate and expel 35 American officials from Russia,” Mr. Hall said. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Mike Peyton says he’s flabbergasted to get the ring back after losing it so long ago. Seattle Times(Dec 06, 2016) What flabbergasted her, however, were the friends and neighbors who traveled there to hear her perform. Washington Times(Dec 05, 2016) adj as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless Syn dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumfounded, stupefied, thunderstruck surprised taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment |
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