Synonyms of boggle

boggle

verb

ˈbä-gəl 

as in to blow

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

I boggled my first effort to make homemade pasta

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blow
• fumble
• ruin
• spoil
• bungle
• destroy
• mangle
• botch
• murder
• boot
• screw up
• butcher
• dub
• fluff
• goof (up)
• foozle
• mar
• muck up
• muff
• muddle
• mess (up)
• flub
• foul up
• bumble
• louse up
• injure
• wreck
• impair
• bollix (up)
• hurt
• bugger (up)
• damage
• bobble
• blunder
• vitiate
• flaw
• mutilate
• harm
• blight
• gum (up)
• piffle
• mismanage
• blemish
• mishandle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• help
• improve
• better
• enhance
• refine
• ameliorate
• reform
• rectify
• remedy
• meliorate
• fix
• repair
• patch
• renovate
• revamp
• recondition
• doctor

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of boggle

The line of aircraft coming in for a landing looks mind boggling to handle but the ATC’s do it without incident. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Why someone would want a plush Javert, even in bear form, boggles the mind. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 July 2026

Just thinking about how much true, false, and plain crazy stuff has been written about you boggles the mind. — Bryan West, USA Today, 12 June 2026

Go Fishing The amount and variety of fish in Lake Superior boggles the mind. — Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 7 June 2026