Surprised vs Flabbergasted - What's the difference?
surprised | flabbergasted |
Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.
(surprise)
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)
Flabbergasted is a synonym of surprised.
As adjectives the difference between surprised and flabbergasted
is that surprised is caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event while flabbergasted is appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted.{{reference-book.As verbs the difference between surprised and flabbergasted
is that surprised is past tense of surprise while flabbergasted is past tense of flabbergast.surprised
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* astonished *Verb
(head)See also
* shockedflabbergasted
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.