gobsmackv.
/ˈɡɒbsmak/, U.S. /ˈɡɑbˌsmæk/ slang (originally and chiefly British).
transitive. To amaze, astound.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)]
marvela1425
esmarvel1477
amaze?1533
wondera1561
bewondera1586
to hold at gaze1594
admire1598
wonder-maze1603
astonish1611
thunderstrike1613
surprise1655
to astonish the natives1801
emmarvel1834
zap1967
mind-blow1970
gobsmack1987
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] > stupefy
awhapec1300
stonyc1330
astony1340
astonec1374
mazec1390
stounda1400
stuna1400
to-stony?a1400
stounc1400
clumsec1440
overmusec1460
stonish1488
strike1533
dazzle1561
stoyne1563
stupefy1577
stupefact1583
obstupefy1611
astound1637
petrify1667
flabbergast1773
stagnatea1798
stama1800
swarf1813
boggle1835
razzle-dazzle1886
to knock sideways1890
stupend1900
gobsmack1987
1987 Melody Maker 24 Oct. 18/4 It's this act..with which she has been gobsmacking the punters in a recent cluster of Personal Appearances.
1999 J. Cooney J. C. McQuaid xxiii. 381 Both men were gobsmacked by the radical theological journalism that was appearing in periodicals.
2005 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 3 Sept. 26 It gobsmacks me that we keep making the same mistakes as in the past.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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