 |
boggling
Overview of verb boggle
The verb boggle has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) boggle -- (startle with amazement or fear)
2. boggle -- (hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear)
3. flabbergast, boggle, bowl over -- (overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!")
Antonyms of verb boggle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb boggle
3 senses of boggle
Sense 1
boggle
=> startle, jump, start
=> move
Sense 2
boggle
=> hesitate, waver, waffle
Sense 3
flabbergast, boggle, bowl over
=> surprise
=> affect, impress, move, strike
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb boggle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb boggle
3 senses of boggle
Sense 1
boggle
=> startle, jump, start
Sense 2
boggle
=> hesitate, waver, waffle
Sense 3
flabbergast, boggle, bowl over
=> surprise
'Cause To' of verb boggle
Derived Forms of verb boggle
Domain of verb boggle
Domain Terms of verb boggle
Familiarity of verb boggle
boggle used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb boggle
3 senses of boggle
Sense 1
boggle
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 2
boggle
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 3
flabbergast, boggle, bowl over
EX: The bad news will boggle him
EX: The good news will boggle her
EX: The performance is likely to boggle Sue
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb boggle
3 senses of boggle
Sense 1
boggle
> startle, jump, start
=> shy
=> boggle
=> rear back
=> jackrabbit
Sense 2
boggle
> hesitate, waver, waffle
=> dwell on, linger over
=> boggle
=> hover, linger
=> hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate
=> falter, waver
Sense 3
flabbergast, boggle, bowl over
> surprise
=> amaze, astonish, astound
=> explode a bombshell
=> catch
=> flabbergast, boggle, bowl over
=> shock, stun, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb boggle
Sense 1
boggle
=> startle, jump, start
--------------
Sense 2
boggle
=> hesitate, waver, waffle
--------------
Sense 3
flabbergast, boggle, bowl over
=> surprise
--------------
Grep of verb boggle
boggle
Grep of adj boggling
mind-boggling
|
|
