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FLABBERGAST
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they flabbergast ... he / she / it flabbergasts
Past simple: flabbergasted
Past participle: flabbergasted
-ing form: flabbergasting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Overcome with amazement
Example:
This boggles the mind!
Synonyms:
boggle; bowl over; flabbergast
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "flabbergast" is one way to...):
surprise (cause to be surprised)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The bad news will flabbergast him
The good news will flabbergast her
The performance is likely to flabbergast Sue
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