flabbergasted

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1. Appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted.

   He was flabbergasted at how much weight he had gained.

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   ‘Hush-h-h-h-h!’ said Mr Nearthewinde, absolutely flabergasted by such imprudence on the part of one of his client's friends.

   1858, Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne. […], volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 25–26

   This candid interpretation of his words knocked the defendant stupid. He made no reply, but looked utterly flabbergasted.

   1863 March 28 – December 26, Charles Reade, chapter XVI, in Hard Cash: A Matter-of-fact Romance. […], volume III, London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston […], published 1863, →OCLC, page 332

   Much the same. Rather flabbergasted at seeing me, I think.

   1917, John Galsworthy, Beyond, Toronto: The Copp Clark Co., Limited, page 368

   Begob he was what you might call flabbergasted.

   1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[12]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

   Maxwell made a lunge at his flabbergasted guest, who ducked just in time to escape the great hands reaching for him.

   1952, Agnes Morley Cleaveland., Satan's Paradise: from Lucien Maxwell to Fred Lambert, Houghton-Mifflin

   Synonyms: amazed, astonished, astounded, awed, awe-struck, bemused, bowled over, deer in the headlights

2. euphemisticrareDamned.

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1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of flabbergast