Flabbergasted vs Stunned - What's the difference?
flabbergasted | stunned |
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)
Stunned is a synonym of flabbergasted.
As adjectives the difference between flabbergasted and stunned
is that flabbergasted is appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted.{{reference-book while stunned is unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.As verbs the difference between flabbergasted and stunned
is that flabbergasted is past tense of flabbergast while stunned is past tense of stun.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.
