Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flabbergaster
Participle: flabbergastered
Gerund: flabbergastering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | flabbergaster |
| you | flabbergaster |
| he;she;it | flabbergasters |
| we | flabbergaster |
| you | flabbergaster |
| they | flabbergaster |
Perfect
| I | have flabbergastered |
| you | have flabbergastered |
| he;she;it | has flabbergastered |
| we | have flabbergastered |
| you | have flabbergastered |
| they | have flabbergastered |
Past
| I | flabbergastered |
| you | flabbergastered |
| he;she;it | flabbergastered |
| we | flabbergastered |
| you | flabbergastered |
| they | flabbergastered |
Pluperfect
| I | had flabbergastered |
| you | had flabbergastered |
| he;she;it | had flabbergastered |
| we | had flabbergastered |
| you | had flabbergastered |
| they | had flabbergastered |
Future
| I | will flabbergaster |
| you | will flabbergaster |
| he;she;it | will flabbergaster |
| we | will flabbergaster |
| you | will flabbergaster |
| they | will flabbergaster |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flabbergastered |
| you | will have flabbergastered |
| he;she;it | will have flabbergastered |
| we | will have flabbergastered |
| you | will have flabbergastered |
| they | will have flabbergastered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flabbergaster |
| you | flabbergaster |
| he;she;it | flabbergaster |
| we | flabbergaster |
| you | flabbergaster |
| they | flabbergaster |
Perfect
| I | have flabbergastered |
| you | have flabbergastered |
| he;she;it | have flabbergastered |
| we | have flabbergastered |
| you | have flabbergastered |
| they | have flabbergastered |
Imperfect
| I | flabbergastered |
| you | flabbergastered |
| he;she;it | flabbergastered |
| we | flabbergastered |
| you | flabbergastered |
| they | flabbergastered |
Pluperfect
| I | had flabbergastered |
| you | had flabbergastered |
| he;she;it | had flabbergastered |
| we | had flabbergastered |
| you | had flabbergastered |
| they | had flabbergastered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flabbergaster |
| you | would flabbergaster |
| he;she;it | would flabbergaster |
| we | would flabbergaster |
| you | would flabbergaster |
| they | would flabbergaster |
Perfect
| I | would have flabbergastered |
| you | would have flabbergastered |
| he;she;it | would have flabbergastered |
| we | would have flabbergastered |
| you | would have flabbergastered |
| they | would have flabbergastered |
Imperative
| you | flabbergaster |
| we | Let's flabbergaster |
| you | flabbergaster |
Verbs conjugated like 'flabbergaster'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'flabbergaster'
flabbergast,
flappergast,
flobbergrast,
flabrigast,
aberrate,
ablegate,
abnegate,
bemaster,
beplaster,
elaborate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to render someone less able to understand
- baffle, befuddle, bewilder, complicate, confuddle, confuse, confuzzle, dazzle, discombobulate, disconcert, dumbfound, flabagast, flabbergast, flummox, jumble, knot, perplex, puzzle
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From flabbergast + -er.
Sample Sentences
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Jack, among his friends, had raised money sufficient to fee an Old Bailey counsel, who, by blustering and cross-examination, succeeded in so flabbergastering the simple witnesses for the prosecution, that the prisoner was in a fair way of being acquitted; […] [1853, John Yonge Akerman, Wiltshire Tales, page 131:]
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But I've got an invention in my 'ead — at all events, the notion of an invention, that I ventures to say will work wonders in the terrestrial globe — flabbergaster the world! [1888, Robert Smith Surtees, Hillingdon Hall, or, The cockney squire: a tale of country life, John C. Nimmo, page 155:]