bamboozled
adjective
bam·boo·zled
bam-ˈbü-zəld 
informal
: thrown into a state of confusion or bewilderment especially by being deliberately fooled or misled
Some consumers are so bamboozled by slick sales talk that they pay extra for amazingly bad deals.—
Mike McClintock
Mike McClintockI had him so bamboozled he didn't know which way was up.—Jerry Spinelli
Jerry SpinelliExamples of bamboozled in a Sentence
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Everything about this was textbook: the scanning before receiving between the lines, the skip away from the defender, the swerving, looping strike that bamboozled goalkeeper Katherine Tapia, who could do nothing but sink slowly backwards to the ground.
—Richard Amofa, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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Richard Amofa, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Bamboozled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bamboozled. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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