boggle

boggle
Synonyms and related words:
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

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Boggle — is a word game designed by Allan Turoff and trademarked by Parker Brothers and Hasbro. The game is played using a grid of lettered dice, in which players attempt to find words in sequences of adjacent letters.RulesThe game begins by shaking a… …   Wikipedia

  • Boggle — jeu de société Boîte de jeu typique avec accessoires et exemple de calcul des points. {{{licence}}} Auteur …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Boggle — Zubehör Daten zum Spiel Autor Alan Turoff Verlag Parker Brothers, Hasbro, u.a. Erscheinungsjahr …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Boggle — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Imagen de un juego de Boggle. El Boggle es un juego de mesa diseñado por Allan Turoff y fabricado por la casa Hasbro y Parker Brothers. Está formado por un cubo que contiene dieciséis dados con …   Wikipedia Español

  • boggle — boggle, boggling verb. Boggle, originally used of frightened horses, is used with and without an object: the mind can boggle at something and something can boggle the mind (or the imagination etc.). The expression mind boggling, first recorded in …   Modern English usage

  • 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • boggle — ► VERB informal 1) be astonished or baffled. 2) (boggle at) hesitate to do. ORIGIN probably related to BOGEY(Cf. ↑bogey) …   English terms dictionary

  • Boggle — Bog gle, v. t. To embarrass with difficulties; to make a bungle or botch of. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • boggle — index mismanage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • boggle — (v.) 1590s, to start with fright (as a startled horse does), from M.E. bugge specter (among other things, supposed to scare horses at night); see BUG (Cf. bug); also Cf. BOGEY (Cf. bogey) (1). The meaning to raise scruples, hesitate is from 1630s …   Etymology dictionary

  • boggle — vb stickle, stick, strain, scruple, *demur, balk, jib, shy Analogous words: *object, protest, kick, remonstrate, expostulate: *recoil, shrink, flinch, wince, blench, quail Antonyms: subscribe (to) Contrasted words: acquiesce, accede, *assent,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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