flabbergast

flabbergast — verb

1. to make someone feel extremely surprised and confused, often by giving them news

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

to make someone feel extremely surprised and confused, often by giving them news they had no idea was coming

例句

Leila felt completely flabbergasted when her best friend moved away without saying goodbye.

adjective pattern: feel + flabbergasted + when-clause

The mayor was flabbergasted by the news that the factory would close next month.

passive: be flabbergasted + by + noun phrase

同義詞
  • dumbfound

    similar level of shock, but slightly more formal and less common

  • astonish

    less extreme than flabbergast; used much more often in everyday conversation

  • stun

    can mean either mental or physical shock; broader in meaning

文法句型

flabbergast + object

be flabbergasted + by/at

be flabbergasted + to-infinitive

用法筆記

Almost always used in the passive voice (be flabbergasted) or as an adjective describing a person's reaction. The active form — subject + flabbergasts + object — is very rare in everyday speech.

常見錯誤

❌I was very flabbergasted by the news.
✅I was flabbergasted by the news.
💡Flabbergasted already expresses a very high degree of surprise, so intensifiers like 'very' are redundant.