as in to amaze
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected
your decision to suddenly quit your job flabbergasts me
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Recent Examples of flabbergast
For Perry, these operations felt like the final step to closing out a weight loss journey that flabbergasted millions online.
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Angela Yang, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
Gates, who once held Musk’s current position as the world’s wealthiest person, seems to find this hard-right turn flabbergasting.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
Dozens of producer friends wrote to one another, flabbergasted that such a thing could happen.
—Cathy Schulman, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025
As the rational and oft-flabbergasted physician who narrates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories, Watson is the looking glass into Holmes’s intellectual superpowers.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
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Angela Yang, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
Gates, who once held Musk’s current position as the world’s wealthiest person, seems to find this hard-right turn flabbergasting.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
Dozens of producer friends wrote to one another, flabbergasted that such a thing could happen.
—Cathy Schulman, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025
As the rational and oft-flabbergasted physician who narrates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories, Watson is the looking glass into Holmes’s intellectual superpowers.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flabbergast
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In The 2025 Playoffs Cason Wallace didn’t amaze anyone with his playoff debut last season.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Among all, what truly amazed the 2022 U.S. Open champion was the 14-time PGA Tour winner, Scheffler's sheer dominance.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 May 2025
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But none of them have surprised me with their brilliance.—
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Today's teen slang might seem like complete gibberish, but you may be surprised by how many terms echo phrases from the past.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
3 June 2025
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Lydia and Milton were the only Love Is Blind season 5 couple to get married in the finale, and their success at the time shocked viewers after their tumultuous season.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
11 June 2025
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By shocking the crap out of everyone who watched it.—
Hal Rubenstein,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2025
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Bet the entire Chase Bank on Scherzinger, who astonishes and has the most thrilling voice since Streisand.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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Other Instagram users were astonished at how Yasmina managed to reach that height on her own.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
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When Anderson heard that his friend was assaulted, the musician was stunned.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2025
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Seth Jones scored a goal and an assist, and Dmitry Kulikov and Brad Marchand scored 3:46 apart in the second period to stun the rabid crowd.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Part of what startled Fitzgerald’s generation about their studio experience was how near at hand the real bad guys could be.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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The warning comes about two weeks after a Florida woman was killed when her canoe startled an 11-foot alligator at Lake Kissimmee, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2025
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“Flabbergast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flabbergast. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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