BOGGLING Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

boggling

verb

present participle of boggle

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 line of aircraft coming in for a landing looks mind boggling to handle but the ATC’s do it without incident. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The audience is relieved of the prior editions’ boggling tsunami wall of zombies. — 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

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Since then, more suits across the country have followed, blowing huge holes into NCAA eligibility rules, new and old.

— Justin Williams, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Although skies are still smoky across portions of the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies, not much is blowing east of there.

— Ben Noll, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of blowing

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The Packers’ offense left the field, but came back after it was ruled that Watson was down before fumbling.

— Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Here was his senior running back, who scored a 44-yard touchdown in their state championship win months earlier, fumbling on the very first play of the Blue-White scrimmage.

— Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

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For a full breakdown of how to clean your bedding without ruining it, refer to AD's guide on how to wash a comforter.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 Aug. 2026
This allegedly caused the cancellation of school recesses, and also ruining weddings and funerals.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

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