as in blowing
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
I boggled my first effort to make homemade pasta
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Recent Examples of boggling
The audience is relieved of the prior editions’ boggling tsunami wall of zombies.
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Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
Advertisement All eyes will be on Ilia Malinin, for the stunning array of quadruple jumps that the Virginia native pulls off with a mind boggling ease.
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Alice Park,
Time,
12 Jan. 2026
Jerry's approach is so mind boggling.
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Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
The terrific film reel producer Jennifer Fox and her team put together was mind boggling to be sure and really showed the remarkable breadth of Cruise’s talent.
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Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
17 Nov. 2025
The tragedy side of things is addressed rather offhandedly — occasionally the movie will remember the boggling grief and betrayal at its center, only to shrug it off again just as quickly.
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Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
Trying to move in earlier to accommodate a pittance of an audience is mind boggling stupidity.
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Pol Ballus,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
In a world where licenses and software locks forbid folks from simply plugging in a replacement component, the thought of a major company encouraging its customers to break out a soldering iron is mind boggling.
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Stephen Cass,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 June 2025
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
Advertisement All eyes will be on Ilia Malinin, for the stunning array of quadruple jumps that the Virginia native pulls off with a mind boggling ease.
—
Alice Park,
Time,
12 Jan. 2026
Jerry's approach is so mind boggling.
—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
The terrific film reel producer Jennifer Fox and her team put together was mind boggling to be sure and really showed the remarkable breadth of Cruise’s talent.
—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
17 Nov. 2025
The tragedy side of things is addressed rather offhandedly — occasionally the movie will remember the boggling grief and betrayal at its center, only to shrug it off again just as quickly.
—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
Trying to move in earlier to accommodate a pittance of an audience is mind boggling stupidity.
—
Pol Ballus,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
In a world where licenses and software locks forbid folks from simply plugging in a replacement component, the thought of a major company encouraging its customers to break out a soldering iron is mind boggling.
—
Stephen Cass,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boggling
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The Detroit Tigers are blowing a golden opportunity.
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The Sox bullpen didn’t perform any better on Sunday, blowing leads in the ninth and 10th innings of a 5-4 loss to get swept in Detroit and finish 1-5 on the road trip.
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My first few hours with the EM11 NL were marked by overshooting links, fumbling through simple selections, and occasionally wondering why anyone would voluntarily use a vertical mouse.
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Bennett is concerned, for instance, that Hong could win her primary and then be defeated in November by Republican Tom Tiffany, fumbling the governorship of a swing state into the hands of a far-right Freedom Caucus member who dabbled in 2020 election conspiracy theories.
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The Cowboys are like most NFL teams that roll out a synthetic surface that has a grass feel, and is vastly superior to the old knee-ruining ways of AstroTurf.
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The Dodgers are ruining baseball!
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“Boggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boggling. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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