Synonyms of boggles

boggles

verb

present tense third-person singular of boggle

as in blows

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

I boggled my first effort to make homemade pasta

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blows
• fumbles
• destroys
• ruins
• mangles
• murders
• dubs
• bungles
• botches
• fluffs
• boots
• spoils
• flubs
• fouls up
• goofs (up)
• butchers
• screws up
• messes (up)
• mucks up
• impairs
• muddles
• hurts
• damages
• bumbles
• muffs
• injures
• wrecks
• mars
• bobbles
• bollixes (up)
• buggers (up)
• louses up
• foozles
• mutilates
• flaws
• vitiates
• blunders
• blights
• harms
• piffles
• gums (up)
• mismanages
• blemishes
• mishandles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improves
• helps
• enhances
• refines
• reforms
• ameliorates
• rectifies
• betters
• remedies
• repairs
• doctors
• meliorates
• renovates
• fixes
• reconditions
• revamps
• patches

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of boggles

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

The number of heating and cooling systems and heat exchangers and radiators that is throughout that powertrain boggles the mind. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 3 June 2026

The hypocrisy boggles the mind. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026

How anyone ascended Drifter’s Escape truly boggles the mind. — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026

And to say stuff to try to undermine the United States in the midst of a world-changing conflict just boggles my mind. — NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026

Raising windshield wipers is a practice that likely boggles those unaccustomed to winter weather. — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025