25 June 2019

flabbergast

[ flab-er-gast ]

verb (used with object)

to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.

ORIGIN OF FLABBERGAST

1765–75; variant of flabagast (perhaps flabb(y) + aghast)

SYNONYMS FOR FLABBERGAST

amaze, astonish, stagger, nonplus, confound; perplex, confuse, mystify.

RELATED FORMS

flab·ber·gast·er, noun

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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR FLABBERGAST

But there had been no need, and Stockdale was too shrewd a man to “barge in” and flabbergast his youthful Sub.
A SUB AND A SUBMARINE|PERCY F. WESTERMAN

And nothing has happened to astound or flabbergast him, to send him sprawling with Cheyne-Stokes breathing.
EUROPE AFTER 8:15|H. L. MENCKEN, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND WILLARD HUNTINGTON WRIGHT

Today’s quote

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.

– George Orwell

On this day

25 June 1903 – birth of George Orwell (born Eric Arthur Blair), Democratic Socialist and English author of works such as ‘Nineteen-Eighty Four‘, ‘Animal Farm‘, and ‘Homage to Catalonia‘. Died 21 January 1950.

25 June 1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is first published.

25 June 1978 – the Rainbow Flag, symbol of gay pride, is flown for the first time in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.