boggle
(verb)
verb
1. startle with amazement or fear
Definition categories: motion, jump, start, startle
2. hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear
Definition categories: stative, hesitate, waffle, waver
3. overcome with amazement
- This boggles the mind!
Similar word(s): flabbergast
Definition categories: cognition, surprise
Sentences with boggle as a verb:
- He boggled at the surprising news.
- The mind boggles.
- The vastness of space really boggles the mind.
- The oddities of quantum mechanics can boggle the minds of students and experienced physicists alike.