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- adjective Causing one to be
gobsmacked ;astounding ,flabbergasting .
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Examples
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I started noticing this last week, but the level of bald-faced mendacity indulged in by defenders of the recent FISA amendment is sort of gobsmacking, which is saying quite a bit given how little I expect of GOP dead-enders at this point.
The FISA Amendment: Totally Defensible If You Lie About It 2007
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So "We want to see Jesus lifted high" was one of these "gobsmacking" songs for me.
sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2002
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Anthony Geffen, the CEO and executive producer of Atlantic Productions who has worked closely with Attenborough for 18 months making First Life, says Sir David's passion for fossils manifests itself in 'gobsmacking' knowledge.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Anthony Geffen, the CEO and executive producer of Atlantic Productions who has worked closely with Attenborough for 18 months making First Life, says Sir David's passion for fossils manifests itself in 'gobsmacking' knowledge.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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It may be the educational equivalent of a chilled-out supply teacher letting you read comics in class all day, but what Human Planet lacks in Reithian authority it makes up for with gobsmacking visuals, such as a Mongolian golden eagle swooping down on a fox cub . . . from the eagle's point of view.
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Everyone not afflicted with her gobsmacking arrogance and superficial ignorance could proceed to the voting booth and select the candidate of their choice.
These ‘I regret my 2008 vote’ pieces are going to be excruciating… | RedState 2010
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By gobsmacking coincidence Colm Toibin has an article on Elizabeth Bishop in the May 14, 2009 edition of the London Review of Books which contains this telling passage:
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VeloNews caught up with Bobridge midway through the Santos Tour Down Under to discuss his gobsmacking victory and the genesis of his aggression that has already made him a household name, among other things.
Jumpin’ Jack Bobo: A conversation with Jack Bobridge at the Tour Down Under 2011
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By gobsmacking coincidence Colm Toibin has an article on Elizabeth Bishop in the May 14, 2009 edition of the London Review of Books which contains this telling passage:
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This is gobsmacking on so many levels I can't even count them all.
Wahoo! deliasherman 2010
doswald commented on the word gobsmacking
(adj) astounding, astonishing, flabbergasting. It's a fun word, though more often used by the British.
February 18, 2010