MEANING
To surprise someone so greatly that they are overwhelmed or momentarily unable to respond.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- flabbergast the audience
- completely flabbergasted
On the page
The request flabbergasted her more than the amount of money involved.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- flabbergast
- Past tense
- flabbergasted
- Past participle
- flabbergasted
- Present participle
- flabbergasting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- flabbergast
- Present continuous
- am/is/are flabbergasting
- Present perfect
- have/has flabbergasted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been flabbergasting
- Past
- flabbergasted
- Past continuous
- was/were flabbergasting
- Past perfect
- had flabbergasted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been flabbergasting
- Future
- will flabbergast
- Future continuous
- will be flabbergasting
- Future perfect
- will have flabbergasted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been flabbergasting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: flabbergast; flabbergasts; flabbergasted; flabbergasted; flabbergasting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: flabbergasts.
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