Surprise · common
flabbergasted
Comically overwhelmed by surprise; the jaw simply resigns.
- On the face
- Jaw fully dropped under disbelieving eyes.
- Ink recipe
- surprised 95 · happy 85 · sad 25 · afraid 15
More on being flabbergasted
Flabbergasted is a wonderfully silly word for a wonderfully silly feeling: surprise so total the jaw simply resigns. Nobody is quite sure where the word came from, which feels entirely appropriate.