Flabbergasted (Adjective)
Meaning
As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policemen stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The tourists were flabbergasted by the sheer scale of the ancient monument.
- The flabbergasted expression on her face was priceless when she opened the surprise birthday gift.
- The news of the sudden resignation left the entire office flabbergasted and scrambling for answers.
- The flabbergasted crowd watched in stunned silence as the firework exploded in a burst of colorful lights.
- The flabbergasted look on his face was a dead giveaway that he had no idea what was going on.