gobsmacked

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von gobsmacked im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed

I guess the word would be gobsmacked, Barclay said, of his reaction. I am stunned..

{s} (British slang) shocked, amazed, dumbfounded

utterly astounded

emphasis If you say that you were gobsmacked by something, you are emphasizing how surprised you were by it. I was really gobsmacked when I saw your picture of a model wearing a hat with a toy airplane on it. = stunned. very surprised or shocked

Etymologie

() As if smacked (“hit”) in the gob (“mouth (Scottish and thence Northern English dialect)”). Attested since 1980s, from Northern English dialect, particularly Liverpool, popularized via television.