boggle

5 definitions • 7 examples

to confuse or surprise someone very much:

Interpreting the complicated, 154-page document still boggles many employers.

He was boggled by the idea that people could hate one another just because of the colour of their skin.

used for saying that you find something very difficult to understand or imagine:

The mind boggles at the amount of money they spend on food.

to be very difficult for someone to understand or imagine:

To think about how people lived 3,000 years ago boggles the mind.

to be very surprised, confused, or uncertain about something:

boggle at He boggled at the suggestion.

This left the audience to boggle over what exactly had just happened.

to have difficulty imagining or accepting something as true or possible, or to give the mind such difficulty:

[ T ] It boggles the mind to think about how much money was wasted.