flabagast

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A form of flabbergast — To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner.

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Meanings

verbflabagast (third-person singular simple present flabagasts, present participle flabagasting, simple past flabagasted, past participle flabagasted or flabagast)

present singular third person flabagasts · participle present flabagasting · past flabagasted · participle past flabagasted

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of flabbergast.

    They flabagast good manners and good morals, and only show that one of the parties is vex'd and disappinted.^([sic])

    1834, Jack Downing [pseudonym; Seba Smith], chapter XXV, in The Life of Andrew Jackson, President of the United States, Philadelphia, Pa.: Published by T. K. Greenbank, →OCLC, page 183
    1 more example

    For I had talent: the promise and the drive to acquire advanced knowledge and skill to enundate or flabagast my superiors and excell in my profession.

    1989, T’best Ekeagwu, The Taste of Ordinary Life: (The Legacy for Every Negro Youth), Nigeria: T’best Ekeagwu, →OCLC, page 79
nounflabagast (plural flabagasts)

plural flabagasts

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of flabbergast.

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

flabagast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flabagast

MLA

“flabagast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flabagast. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flabagast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flabagast.

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