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What is the difference between be taken aback and flabbergasted and dumbfounded and astonished and astounded ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between be taken aback and flabbergasted and dumbfounded and astonished and astounded ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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They can be used interchangeably. They all mean feelings of surprise and shock.
Examples:
“Wow," she said, taken aback. "I've never heard you speak bad about anyone.
I'm completely flabbergasted after having received a wedding invitation from an attorney I have used in the past.
I was too dumbfounded to speak.
She awoke the next day astonished to find that she suffered no ill effects.
The magician will astound you with his latest tricks.
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