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单词 bamboozled
释义

bamboozled

adjective

bam·​boo·​zled bam-ˈbü-zəld How to pronounce bamboozled (audio)
informal
: thrown into a state of confusion or bewilderment especially by being deliberately fooled or misled
Some consumers are so bamboozled by slick sales talk that they pay extra for amazingly bad deals. Mike McClintock
I had him so bamboozled he didn't know which way was up. Jerry Spinelli

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

bamboozled

verb

past tense of bamboozle
1
as in fooled
to cause to believe what is untrue bamboozled by con men into buying worthless land in the desert

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • fooled
  • tricked
  • deceived
  • misled
  • duped
  • snookered
  • suckered
  • hoodwinked
  • deluded
  • conned
  • gulled
  • misinformed
  • teased
  • beguiled
  • kidded
  • humbugged
  • buffaloed
  • bluffed
  • misguided
  • cheated
  • hoaxed
  • hornswoggled
  • cozened
  • caught
  • stung
  • gaffed
  • sucked in
  • juggled
  • strung along
  • snowed
  • spoofed
  • had
  • burned
  • gammoned
  • burnt
  • had on
  • took in
  • faked out
  • swindled
  • defrauded
  • shortchanged
  • fleeced
  • rooked
  • led one up the garden path
  • pulled one's leg
  • led one down the garden path
  • stuck
  • did a number on
  • pulled the wool over one's eyes
  • hustled
  • flimflammed
  • diddled
  • put on
  • euchred
  • mulcted
  • bled
  • skinned
  • chiseled
  • squeezed
  • chiselled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • undeceived
  • exposed
  • revealed
  • unmasked
  • uncovered
  • debunked
  • told
  • disillusioned
  • divulged
  • disclosed
  • disabused
  • disenchanted
  • unveiled
  • uncloaked
  • showed up
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as in baffled
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty I'm completely bamboozled by the latest changes in the tax code

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • baffled
  • puzzled
  • bewildered
  • perplexed
  • confused
  • befuddled
  • flummoxed
  • embarrassed
  • mystified
  • stunned
  • bemused
  • flustered
  • disoriented
  • discombobulated
  • confounded
  • vexed
  • rattled
  • muddled
  • bothered
  • disturbed
  • fuddled
  • addled
  • foxed
  • upset
  • buffaloed
  • mazed
  • posed
  • muddied
  • befogged
  • got
  • beat
  • unsettled
  • graveled
  • stumped
  • misled
  • nonplussed
  • duped
  • stuck
  • blew one's mind
  • fooled
  • vext
  • disconcerted
  • deceived
  • discomfited
  • hoodwinked
  • tricked
  • mortified
  • agitated
  • distressed
  • abashed
  • went to one's head
  • deluded
  • fazed
  • dismayed
  • gulled
  • gravelled
  • beguiled
  • perturbed
  • disquieted
  • discomforted
  • chagrined
  • humbugged
  • unhinged
  • misguided
  • nonplused
  • discountenanced
  • weirded out
  • discomposed
  • strung along
  • snowed
  • hoaxed
  • cozened
  • took in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • assured
  • informed
  • reassured
  • satisfied
  • enlightened
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