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

As with the Qatari case, the Kuwaiti decision boggles the mind, especially when tankers could be used to ferry valuable crude rather than becoming scrap. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 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

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