flabaghast

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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

verbflabaghast (third-person singular simple present flabaghasts, present participle flabaghasting, simple past flabaghasted, past participle flabaghasted or flabaghast)

present singular third person flabaghasts · participle present flabaghasting · past flabaghasted · participle past flabaghasted

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of flabbergast.

    At this I was rendered completely flabaghast—for, although the allegation was undeniably correct, I had confidently hoped that my friend Ram was unaware of the fact, or would at least have the ordinary mother-wit to refrain from blurting it out!

    1896 August 22, [F. Anstey] [pseudonym; Thomas Anstey Guthrie], “Jottings and Tittlings. (By Baboo Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee, B.A.) No. XXI. Mr. Jabberjee Halloos before He is Quite Out of the Woods”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume CXI, London: Published at the office, 85, Fleet Street, →OCLC, pages 88–89, column 2
nounflabaghast (plural flabaghasts)

plural flabaghasts

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of flabbergast.

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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