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boggle
bog·gle B0367500 (bŏg′əl)v. bog·gled, bog·gling, bog·gles v.intr.1. To hesitate as if in fear or doubt.2. To shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment: "The mind now boggling at all the numbers on the table, both sides agreed to a recess of an hour" (Henry A. Kissinger).3. To act ineptly or inefficiently; bungle.v.tr.1. To cause to be overcome, as with fright or astonishment.2. To botch; bungle.
[Probably from boggle, dialectal variant of bogle.]
bog′gle n.bog′gler n.boggle (ˈbɒɡəl) vb1. to be surprised, confused, or alarmed (esp in the phrase the mind boggles)2. to hesitate or be evasive when confronted with a problem3. (tr) to baffle; bewilder; puzzle[C16: probably variant of bogle1]bog•gle1 (ˈbɒg əl)
v. -gled, -gling,
n. v.t. 1. to overwhelm or bewilder, as with magnitude or complexity: boggles the imagination. 2. to bungle; botch. v.i. 3. to be overwhelmed. 4. to hesitate because of scruples, fear, etc. n. 5. an act of boggling. [1590–1600] bog′gler, n. bog•gle2 (ˈbɒg əl)
n. bogle. boggle
Past participle: boggled
Gerund: boggling
| Present |
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| I boggle | | you boggle | | he/she/it boggles | | we boggle | | you boggle | | they boggle |
| Preterite |
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| I boggled | | you boggled | | he/she/it boggled | | we boggled | | you boggled | | they boggled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am boggling | | you are boggling | | he/she/it is boggling | | we are boggling | | you are boggling | | they are boggling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have boggled | | you have boggled | | he/she/it has boggled | | we have boggled | | you have boggled | | they have boggled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was boggling | | you were boggling | | he/she/it was boggling | | we were boggling | | you were boggling | | they were boggling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had boggled | | you had boggled | | he/she/it had boggled | | we had boggled | | you had boggled | | they had boggled |
| Future |
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| I will boggle | | you will boggle | | he/she/it will boggle | | we will boggle | | you will boggle | | they will boggle |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have boggled | | you will have boggled | | he/she/it will have boggled | | we will have boggled | | you will have boggled | | they will have boggled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be boggling | | you will be boggling | | he/she/it will be boggling | | we will be boggling | | you will be boggling | | they will be boggling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been boggling | | you have been boggling | | he/she/it has been boggling | | we have been boggling | | you have been boggling | | they have been boggling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been boggling | | you will have been boggling | | he/she/it will have been boggling | | we will have been boggling | | you will have been boggling | | they will have been boggling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been boggling | | you had been boggling | | he/she/it had been boggling | | we had been boggling | | you had been boggling | | they had been boggling |
| Conditional |
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| I would boggle | | you would boggle | | he/she/it would boggle | | we would boggle | | you would boggle | | they would boggle |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have boggled | | you would have boggled | | he/she/it would have boggled | | we would have boggled | | you would have boggled | | they would have boggled |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | boggle - startle with amazement or fearjump, startle, start - move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room" | | 2. | boggle - hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fearhesitate, waffle, waver - pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" | | 3. | boggle - overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!"flabbergast, bowl oversurprise - cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me" |
boggleverb1. wonder, gaze, be amazed, marvel, be taken aback, be awed, be filled with surprise The mind boggles at the possibilities.2. confuse, surprise, shock, amaze, stun, astonish, stagger, bewilder, astound, daze, confound, bowl over, stupefy, dumbfound, flabbergast The management group's decision still boggles his mind.3. hesitate, falter, waver, dither (chiefly Brit.), shrink, jib, demur, vacillate, hang back Many people boggled at engaging in a full-scale war against all the colonies.boggleverb1. To overwhelm with surprise, wonder, or bewilderment:bowl over, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor, stagger.2. To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess:ball up, blunder, botch, bungle, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff, spoil.Informal: bollix up, muck up.Slang: blow, goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu.Idiom: make a muck of.Translationsboggle
boggle at (something)To gape or gawk at something; to struggle to accept or understand something. I boggled at the very generous salary offer and hoped it wasn't an error. When my wife surprised me with a new car, I could only boggle at it in our driveway—I couldn't even speak!See also: boggleboggle (one's)/the mindTo thoroughly overwhelm, confuse, or surprise one. The show of support from everyone just boggled my mind. The plot of that move totally boggled my mind—did you understand it?See also: boggle, mindit boggles the mindThe current situation, or the thing just discussed, is difficult or impossible to comprehend, often because it is considered ridiculous or stupid. How is it possible that he got lost on his way home yet again? It boggles the mind.See also: boggle, mindthe mind bogglesThe current situation, or the thing just discussed, is difficult or impossible to comprehend. How is it possible that he got lost on his way home yet again? The mind boggles.See also: boggle, mindboggle at somethingto be amazed at something, particularly something large or surprising. The audience boggled at the size of the loss. I boggled at the damage to my car.See also: boggleboggle someone's mindto confuse someone; to overwhelm someone; to blow someone's mind. The immense size of the house boggles my mind. She said that his arrogance boggled her mind.See also: boggle, mindboggle the mindBewilder or astonish with complexity, novelty, or the like, as in The very magnitude of the Milky Way boggles the mind. The source of this usage is unclear, as the verb to boggle has several other seemingly unrelated meanings-to shy away, to hesitate, to bungle. [Second half of 1900s] See also: boggle, mindthe mind boggles INFORMALCOMMON You say the mind boggles when you find something difficult to imagine or understand because it is so surprising, strange, or complicated. With technology like this, the mind boggles at what geography classes will be like in the not-too-distant future. The mind boggles to think what they could eventually achieve. Note: You can also say that something boggles the mind or that it boggles your mind with the same meaning. Such statements boggle the mind. Talk about amazing coincidences — this one absolutely boggled my mind. Note: You can also describe something very surprising, strange, or complicated as mind-boggling. The mind-boggling 2,100-page timetable comes complete with a 40-page supplement. The range of products on offer is simply mind-boggling. Note: The word `boggle' is probably derived from the word `bogle', which is an old-fashioned word for an evil spirit or `bogey', as in `bogey man'. See also: boggle, mindthe mind ˈboggles (at something), it boggles the ˈmind (informal) you find it difficult to imagine something because it is so surprising, strange or complicated: The mind boggles at the thought of a boxer dressed up as a fairy. ♢ The vastness of space really boggles the mind. ▶ ˈmind-boggling adj.: Distances in space are mind-boggling.See also: boggle, mindboggle
Synonyms for boggleverb wonderSynonyms- wonder
- gaze
- be amazed
- marvel
- be taken aback
- be awed
- be filled with surprise
verb confuseSynonyms- confuse
- surprise
- shock
- amaze
- stun
- astonish
- stagger
- bewilder
- astound
- daze
- confound
- bowl over
- stupefy
- dumbfound
- flabbergast
verb hesitateSynonyms- hesitate
- falter
- waver
- dither
- shrink
- jib
- demur
- vacillate
- hang back
Synonyms for boggleverb to overwhelm with surprise, wonder, or bewildermentSynonyms- bowl over
- dumbfound
- flabbergast
- floor
- stagger
verb to harm irreparably through inept handling; make a messSynonyms- ball up
- blunder
- botch
- bungle
- foul up
- fumble
- gum up
- mess up
- mishandle
- mismanage
- muddle
- muff
- spoil
- bollix up
- muck up
- blow
- goof up
- louse up
- screw up
- snafu
Synonyms for boggleverb startle with amazement or fearRelated Wordsverb hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fearRelated Wordsverb overcome with amazementSynonymsRelated Words |