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flabbergast

flab·ber·gast [ flábbər gàst ] (past and past participle flab·ber·gast·ed, present participle flab·ber·gast·ing, 3rd person present singular flab·ber·gasts)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
astonish somebody utterly: to amaze or astonish somebody completely ( informal ) ( usually passive )

[Late 18th century. Origin ?]
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