Flabbergasted vs Nonplussed - What's the difference?
flabbergasted | nonplussed |
Appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted.{{reference-book
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* 1952. Agnes Morley Cleaveland. Satan's Paradise: from Lucien Maxwell to Fred Lambert . Houghton-Mifflin.
* 2008. Dutch Sheets. Watchman Prayer: Keeping the Enemy Out While Protecting Your Family, Home . Gospel Light. page 57.
(euphemistic) Damned.{{reference-book
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(flabbergast)
Bewildered; unsure how to respond or act.
* 1724 , (Daniel Defoe), :
* Episode 16
* 2000 , Marcia Miller & Martin Lee, Vocabulary, Word of the Day
(proscribed, US, informal) Unfazed, unaffected, or unimpressed.
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As adjectives the difference between flabbergasted and nonplussed
is that flabbergasted is appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted{{reference-book while nonplussed is bewildered; unsure how to respond or act.As verbs the difference between flabbergasted and nonplussed
is that flabbergasted is (flabbergast) while nonplussed is (nonplus).flabbergasted
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was flabbergasted at how much weight he had gained.
- Maxwell made a lunge at his flabbergasted guest, who ducked just in time to escape the great hands reaching for him.
- From behind her paper, she was flabbergasted to see a neatly dressed man helping himself to her cookies.
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* flabagasted * flambergastedSynonyms
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nonplussed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Note, the honest Quaker was nonplussed , and greatly surprised at that question.
- For the nonce he was rather nonplussed but inasmuch as the duty plainly devolved upon him to take some measures on the subject he pondered suitable ways and means during which Stephen repeatedly yawned.
- "Dad was so nonplussed by the new VCR that he gave up and asked Mom to set it for him ".