flabbergasting
Leaving one speechless
Flabbergasting means astounding or shocking to the point of speechlessness.
Something flabbergasting leaves you momentarily unable to respond: The flabbergasting news left her standing there with her mouth open.
The word carries a slightly theatrical quality, often used for emphasis or mild humor rather than genuine shock.
Overwhelming surprise and wonder
- astoundShock with wonder
- stupefactionMental numbness from shock
- wondermentAwed astonishment
- aweReverent fear and wonder
dazzle · marvel · jaw-dropping · mind-blowing · breathtaking · stunning · staggering · incredible
Extremely astonished
- thunderstruckExtremely shocked or amazed
- dumbfoundedRendered speechless by surprise
- dumbstruckRendered speechless by shock
- stupefiedOverwhelmed into mental blankness
speechless · agog · slack-jawed · wide-eyed · stunned · floored · bowled over · taken aback
Inability to accept something
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- doubtLack of firm belief
- unbelievableImpossible to accept as true
- inconceivableBeyond mental grasp
implausible · unfathomable · incomprehensible · beyond belief · hard to believe · questioning · double-take · surreal
State of being baffled
- bafflementMental state of confusion
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- puzzlementState of being baffled
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
discombobulated · flummoxed · nonplussed · disconcerted · mystified · confounded · disoriented · muddled
amazement
Overwhelming surprise and wonder
- astoundShock with wonder
- stupefactionMental numbness from shock
- wondermentAwed astonishment
awe · dazzle · marvel · jaw-dropping · mind-blowing · breathtaking · stunning · staggering · incredible · unbelievable
gobsmacked
Extremely astonished
- thunderstruckExtremely shocked or amazed
- dumbfoundedRendered speechless by surprise
- dumbstruckRendered speechless by shock
stupefied · speechless · agog · slack-jawed · wide-eyed · stunned · floored · bowled over · taken aback · lost for words
incredulity
Inability to accept something
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- doubtLack of firm belief
- unbelievableImpossible to accept as true
inconceivable · implausible · unfathomable · incomprehensible · beyond belief · hard to believe · questioning · double-take · surreal · dreamlike
bewilderment
State of being baffled
- bafflementMental state of confusion
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- puzzlementState of being baffled
befuddlement · discombobulated · flummoxed · nonplussed · disconcerted · mystified · confounded · disoriented · muddled · dazed
shell-shocked
Mentally broken by combat
rocked · dismayed · appalled · horrified · startled · reeling · staggered · blindsided · poleaxed · sucker-punched
- amazingastonishing, astounding, breathtaking, extraordinary, incredible
- overwhelming verbsflooding, drowning, crushing, smothering, swamping
flabbergastingunsurprising
Causing no astonishment
unremarkable · mundane · ho-hum · unimpressive · underwhelming
flabbergastingpredictable
Able to be foreseen
expected · foreseeable · anticipated · routine · typical