I've been running behind all week, it seems, so why not today as well!?!
Here's my Friday Five list for today:
Five Words that are Similar and Sound Funny/Cool to Say:
1. Flummoxed––
flum·mox
[fluhm-uh
ks]
verb (used with object) Informal .
to bewilder; confound; confuse.
Origin: 1830–40; origin uncertain
2. Flabbergasted––
flab·ber·gast [flab-er-gast]
verb (used with object)
to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
Origin: 1765–75; variant of flabagast (perhaps flabb(y) + aghast)
3. Dumbfounded––
dumb·found [duhm-found, duhm-found]
verb (used with object)
to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
Also, dumb·found·er.
Origin: 1645–55; dumb + (con)found
Related forms
dumb·found·er·ment, noun
4. Discombobulated––
dis·com·bob·u·late
[dis-kuhm-bob-yuh-leyt]
verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker wascompletely discombobulated by the hecklers.
Origin: 1825–35, Americanism ; fanciful alteration of discompose ordiscomfort
5. Flustrated––
[Yeah, I know; it doesn't exist as a "real" word, but you try telling that to about half the people I talk to and hear them us this word. I never know are they "flustered" or are they "frustrated"? I may never know!]
Dictionary.com actually had this one listed!
flus·trat·ed [fluhs-trey-tid]
adjective
flustered; agitated.
Also, flus·ter·at·ed.