'Boggle' definitions:
Definition of 'boggle'
(from WordNet)
verb
Startle with amazement or fear
verb
Hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear
verb
Overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!" [syn: flabbergast, boggle, bowl over]
Definition of 'Boggle'
From: GCIDE
- Boggle \Bog"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Boggling.] [ See Bogle, n.]
- 1. To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision. [1913 Webster]
- We start and boggle at every unusual appearance. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- Boggling at nothing which serveth their purpose. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To do anything awkwardly or unskillfully. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To play fast and loose; to dissemble. --Howell. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To doubt; hesitate; shrink; stickle; demur. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Boggle'
From: GCIDE
- Boggle \Bog"gle\, v. t. To embarrass with difficulties; to make a bungle or botch of. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'boggle'
From: GCIDE
- Bogle \Bo"gle\, n. [Scot. and North Eng. bogle, bogill, bugill, specter; as a verb, to terrify, fr. W. bwgwl threatening, fear, bwg, bwgan, specter, hobgoblin. Cf. Bug.] A goblin; a specter; a frightful phantom; a bogy; a bugbear. [Written also boggle.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'boggle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addle,
- amaze,
- around the bush,
- astonish,
- astound,
- awe,
- awestrike,
- back out,
- bad job,
- baffle,
- balk,
- bamboozle,
- bashfulness,
- be all thumbs,
- beat,
- beat about,
- bedaze,
- bedazzle,
- beef,
- beg the question,
- bevue,
- bewilder,
- bicker,
- bitch,
- blench,
- blow,
- blunder,
- blunder away,
- blunder into,
- blunder on,
- blunder upon,
- bobble,
- boggling,
- bollix,
- bonehead play,
- boner,
- boo-boo,
- botch,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- boycott,
- buffalo,
- bumble,
- bungle,
- butcher,
- call in question,
- cavil,
- challenge,
- chicken,
- chicken out,
- choplogic,
- clumsy performance,
- cobble,
- commit a gaffe,
- complain,
- compunction,
- confound,
- cry out against,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- demonstrate,
- demonstrate against,
- demur,
- demurral,
- desert under fire,
- diffidence,
- dispute,
- dodge,
- dumbfound,
- dumbfounder,
- enter a protest,
- equivocate,
- error,
- etourderie,
- evade,
- evade the issue,
- expostulate,
- falter,
- faltering,
- faux pas,
- fence,
- fight shy,
- fight shy of,
- flabbergast,
- flinch,
- floor,
- flounder,
- flub,
- fluff,
- foozle,
- fuddle,
- fumble,
- funk,
- funk out,
- gag,
- gaucherie,
- get,
- get cold feet,
- goof up,
- gum up,
- hang back,
- hang off,
- hash,
- have qualms,
- have two minds,
- hedge,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitate,
- hesitation,
- hold off,
- holler,
- howl,
- jib,
- jump,
- jump a mile,
- keep in suspense,
- kick,
- lick,
- lose courage,
- louse up,
- lumber,
- make bones about,
- mar,
- march,
- maze,
- mess,
- miscue,
- mistake,
- modesty,
- muddle,
- muff,
- murder,
- mystify,
- nitpick,
- nonplus,
- object,
- objection,
- obscure,
- off day,
- overwhelm,
- palter,
- panic,
- paralyze,
- parry,
- pause,
- perplex,
- petrify,
- pick nits,
- picket,
- play havoc with,
- press objections,
- prevaricate,
- protest,
- pull back,
- pussyfoot,
- puzzle,
- quail,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- quibble,
- raise a howl,
- rally,
- recoil,
- remonstrate,
- sad work,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- scuttle,
- shift,
- shrink,
- shrinking,
- shuffle,
- shy,
- shy at,
- shyness,
- sidestep,
- sit in,
- skedaddle,
- slip,
- split hairs,
- spoil,
- squawk,
- stagger,
- stampede,
- start,
- start aside,
- startle,
- state a grievance,
- stick,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stickling,
- strain,
- strike,
- strike dead,
- strike dumb,
- strike with wonder,
- stumble,
- stump,
- stun,
- stupefy,
- surprise,
- teach in,
- tergiversate,
- throw,
- trip,
- waver,
- wince,
- yell bloody murder