ébahi

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French

Pronunciation

Adjective

ébahi (feminine ébahie, masculine plural ébahis, feminine plural ébahies)

  1. dumbfounded, dumbstruck
    Synonym: surpris
    avec des yeux ébahiseyes wide with surprise
    Cyprienne regardait sa sœur avec de grands yeux ébahis, et ne pouvait point trouver de paroles pour l’interroger.Cyprienne was looking at his sister, his eyes wide with surprise, and could not all find the words to interrogate her.
    • 1884, Joris-Karl Huysmans, chapter V, in À rebours [Against the Grain]:
      Il y avait dans ses œuvres désespérées et érudites un enchantement singulier, une incantation vous remuant jusqu’au fond des entrailles, comme celle de certains poèmes de Baudelaire, et l’on demeurait ébahi, songeur, déconcerté, par cet art qui franchissait les limites de la peinture, []
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Participle

ébahi (feminine ébahie, masculine plural ébahis, feminine plural ébahies)

  1. past participle of ébahir

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