flabbergastation C2+ Topic:Law & Government US /ˌflæbɚɡæˈsteɪʃən/ UK /ˌflæbəɡæˈsteɪʃən/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a state of overwhelming astonishment or bewilderment His sudden return left the family in utter flabbergastation. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a state of overwhelming... astonishmentamazementbewildermentstupefactionastoundment ↔ Opposites composureindifference Word family Related forms flabbergastflabbergasted Etymology AI details From flabbergast + -ation; flabbergast is of obscure late-eighteenth-century origin, perhaps a fanciful blend of flabby (or flap) and aghast. Topics Law & Government Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # flabbergastation **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌflæbɚɡæˈsteɪʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌflæbəɡæˈsteɪʃən/ ## Meanings 1. a state of overwhelming astonishment or bewilderment ## Examples - His sudden return left the family in utter flabbergastation. ## Synonyms - astonishment - amazement - bewilderment - stupefaction - astoundment ## Antonyms - composure - indifference ## Related Forms - flabbergast - flabbergasted ## Etymology From flabbergast + -ation; flabbergast is of obscure late-eighteenth-century origin, perhaps a fanciful blend of flabby (or flap) and aghast. ## AI Etymology Flabbergastation comes from flabbergast + -ation; flabbergast is of obscure late-eighteenth-century origin, perhaps a fanciful blend of flabby (or flap) and aghast. Morphologically, the account is both compositional and suffixal: -ation marks the visible structure by which the older base becomes the modern form. In present use, it is used as a noun meaning "a state of overwhelming astonishment or bewilderment", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as flabbergast and flabbergasted, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. Its semantic neighborhood is marked by astonishment, amazement, bewilderment, and stupefaction on one side and contrasts such as composure and indifference on the other, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story. ## Topics - Law & Government - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown