boggle

Meanings

Plural: boggles

Verb

• startle with amazement or fear
• hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear
• overcome with amazement
  • "This boggles the mind!"
• (literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.
• To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
• To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
• To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch
• To dissemble; to play fast and loose (with someone or something).
• To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.

Noun

• A scruple or objection.
• A bungle; a botched situation.
• Alternative form of bogle.

Synonyms

bowl over, flabbergast