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flabbergastverb to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpectedyour decision to suddenly quit your job flabbergasts me amaze, astonish, astound, bowl over, dumbfound(also dumfound), floor, rock, shock, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise(also surprize), thunderstrike befuddle, bewilder, blindside, blow away, confound, confuse, daze, discomfit, disconcert, dismay, jar, muddle, nonplus, perplex, shake up knock for a loop, take aback, take by surprise surprise, astonish, astound, amaze, flabbergast mean to impress forcibly through unexpectedness.surprise stresses causing an effect through being unexpected but not necessarily unusual or novel.surprised to find them at home astonish implies surprising so greatly as to seem incredible.a discovery that astonished the world astound stresses the shock of astonishment.too astounded to respond amaze suggests an effect of bewilderment.amazed by the immense size of the place flabbergast may suggest thorough astonishment and bewilderment or dismay.flabbergasted by his angry refusal in 1772 |